Sandra J. Feuerstein

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 byGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byThomas Collier Platt Jr.
Succeeded byGary R. Brown
Personal details
Born(1946-01-21)January 21, 1946
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedApril 9, 2021(2021-04-09) (aged 75)
Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Vermont (BS)
Yeshiva University (JD)

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.

Education and career

Born 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

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

She 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

References

  1. ^ The American Bench. Reginald Bishop Forster & Associates. 2008. p. 1714. ISBN 978-0-931398-56-8.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Feuerstein, Sandra J." Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  3. ^ "Alumni on the Bench". Cardozo Life. No. 10. Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Summer 2001. pp. 25–26.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b "New York federal judge Sandra Feuerstein killed in Florida by hit-and-run driver". ABC News. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  6. ^ Women in the Judiciary. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  7. ^ "NY Federal Judge Sandra Feuerstein Killed In Fla. Accident - Law360". www.law360.com. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
2003–2015 		Succeeded by