614 Millennium - A Marquis Who’s Who Magazine LAW AND LAW ENFORCEMENT The Honorable Nancy Ann Alden is a retired administrative law judge celebrating a legal career spanning over four decades and more than 25 years of work with the United States Social Security Administration. Inspired by her family’s legacy of hard work and emphasis on educational attainment and the example of her uncle, an attorney, Ms. Alden pursued extensive study in the arts, attending Lausanne Conservatory and earning a Master of Fine Arts in piano performance from the University of Iowa before completing a Juris Doctor at the University of Colorado Law School. Ms. Alden began her career as an attorney for the Iowa Civil Rights Commission and the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), rising to become the EEOC’s head of class action litigation by the early 1970s. Through the 1970s and 1980s, she counseled clients in private practice, focusing on medical malpractice, personal injury, and equal credit opportunity cases. She continued her focus on litigation as a supervisory attorney for the EEOC and a defense litigator for the Arizona Attorney General before transitioning into administrative law in 1991 as a judge for the Social Security Administration. Until her retirement in 2015, Ms. Alden oversaw and decided social security disability case appeals, including hearings with subject matter experts and attorneys. She played a key role in the landmark Bond case, ruling to protect the privacy of certain confidential records in a litigant’s case with briefs noted for their clarity and eloquence. In her retirement, Ms. Alden has returned her focus to the arts, exploring fine art sculpture and performing as a solo pianist and in ensemble with the Phoenix Metropolitan Opera conductor. She is the author of five short stories and is currently working with an agent to develop a screenplay about the murder of Jimmy Hoffa. THE HONORABLE NANCY ANN ALDEN U.S. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE (RETIRED) Social Security Administration Scottsdale, AZ
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