Sandra Jeanne Feuerstein (January 21, 1946[1] – April 9, 2021) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Sandra Jeanne Feuerstein | |
|---|---|
| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York | |
| In office January 21, 2015 – April 9, 2021 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York | |
| In office September 22, 2003 – January 21, 2015 | |
| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Thomas Collier Platt Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Gary R. Brown |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 21, 1946 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 9, 2021 (aged 75) Boca Raton, Florida, U.S. |
| Education | University of Vermont (BS) Yeshiva University (JD) |
Education and career
editBorn in New York City, New York, Feuerstein received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Vermont in 1966[2] and a Juris Doctor from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University in 1979.[3] She was a teacher in the New York Public School System (Frances X. Hegarty Elementary School/Island Park)from 1966 to 1971.[2] She was a law clerk in the New York Supreme Court Law Department from 1980 to 1985,[2] and to Judge Leo H. McGinity, New York State Appellate Division, from 1985 to 1987.[2] She was a judge on the Nassau County District Court from 1987 to 1994.[4] She then served as a justice of the New York Supreme Court Tenth Judicial District from 1994 to 1999,[4] and as an associate justice of the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division Second Judicial Department from 1999 to 2003.[4]
Federal judicial service
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She was nominated to the federal bench by George W. Bush on January 7, 2003, to a seat vacated by Thomas Collier Platt Jr., confirmed by the United States Senate on September 17, 2003, and received her commission on September 22, 2003.[5] She assumed senior status on January 21, 2015.[2]
Personal life
editShe was the daughter of Judge Annette Elstein (June 30, 1920 – April 6, 2020).[5] Feuerstein and Elstein were believed to be the first mother-daughter judges in United States history.[6]
Feuerstein died on April 9, 2021, after being struck by a car driven by Nastasia Snape in a hit and run incident in Boca Raton, Florida.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ The American Bench. Reginald Bishop Forster & Associates. 2008. p. 1714. ISBN 978-0-931398-56-8.
- ^ a b c d e "Feuerstein, Sandra J." Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
- ^ "Alumni on the Bench". Cardozo Life. No. 10. Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Summer 2001. pp. 25–26.
- ^ a b c Razek, Raja; Andone, Dakin (April 11, 2021). "Driver arrested in hit-and-run death of Sandra Feuerstein, New York federal judge". CNN. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
- ^ a b "New York federal judge Sandra Feuerstein killed in Florida by hit-and-run driver". ABC News. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
- ^ Women in the Judiciary. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "NY Federal Judge Sandra Feuerstein Killed In Fla. Accident - Law360". www.law360.com. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
External links
edit- Sandra J. Feuerstein at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Picture and biographical information (https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cardozo-life/10/)
- Ratings by Attorneys (http://www.therobingroom.com/Judge.aspx?ID=7) Numerical Breakdown
- Personal Rules of Court (http://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/pub/rules/SJF-MLR.pdf)
- Sandra J. Feuerstein at Ballotpedia