He served as a United States magistrate judge of the same court from 1991 to 2000.

Born in Orange, New Jersey,[1] Pisano graduated from Belleville High School, received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lafayette College in 1971 and a Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1974.

Pisano was a United States magistrate judge of the District of New Jersey from 1991 to 2000.

On September 22, 1999, Pisano was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey vacated by the elevation of Maryanne Trump Barry to the Third Circuit.

He retired from active service on February 16, 2015.