Nancy Lou Paterson (April 25, 1953, Binghamton, New York – March 27, 2010, Bethesda, Maryland) was an international war crimes prosecutor, and a lead attorney in the United Nations' prosecution of Slobodan Miloševic.Prior to her U.N.
commission, Paterson was a prosecutor for the Manhattan district attorney's office.
She obtained a bachelor's degree from Miami University in Ohio, and her J.D.