T. Russell Nobile

Russ Nobile joined Judicial Watch’s legal team as a senior attorney in May 2019. Mr. Nobile has appeared before federal courts across the country and has a wealth of experience developing, analyzing, and presenting investigative findings involving difficult and sensitive questions of state and federal law. Mr. Nobile is part of Judicial Watch’s voting integrity efforts and focuses on campaign and voting issues, civil rights issues, constitutional law, official misconduct by public institutions and officials, and other issues. Prior to joining Judicial Watch, Mr. Nobile was in private practice where he utilized his extensive, high-profile government enforcement experience to handle government litigation, regulatory matters, and commercial litigation. He represented state and local agencies and financial institutions in a wide range of matters, including complex civil litigation, internal investigations, government enforcement actions, and appellate matters. Mr. Nobile previously served for seven years as a trial attorney for the United States Department of Justice, where he brought complex enforcement actions involving disparate-treatment or disparate-impact claims of discrimination, as well as actions enforcing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Help America Vote Act, National Voter Registration Act, The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, and other federal laws. Prior to joining the Department, Mr. Nobile handled Financial Services Committee issues for a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Mr. Nobile is an active member of The Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies and was appointed to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s Board of Advisors. Mr. Nobile is a graduate of the University of Mississippi and Mississippi College School of Law. He is admitted to practice before all Louisiana and Mississippi courts, as well the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.