Nathaniel Gentile

Nathaniel Gentile is visiting clinical lecturer in law at Yale Law School and assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Connecticut. At the U.S. Attorney’s Office, he represents the United States in criminal prosecutions, with a focus on matters involving financial fraud or abuse of public office. Gentile was previously assigned to the violent crimes and narcotics unit of the Office and prosecuted matters involving drug trafficking organizations, firearms trafficking, and violent offenses, including shootings, robberies, kidnappings, and carjackings. Prior, he worked in the litigation department of a large Connecticut law firm representing clients in civil and criminal matters in state and federal court. 

Gentile clerked for Judge Alfred V. Covello and Magistrate Judge Thomas P. Smith, both in the District of Connecticut. He holds a J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law and a B.A. in political science from the University at Buffalo.