Sandra Jeanne Feuerstein | |
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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 | New York City, New York | January 21, 1946
Died | April 9, 2021 Boca Raton, Florida | (aged 75)
Education |
University 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.
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]
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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]
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]
Sandra Jeanne Feuerstein | |
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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 | New York City, New York | January 21, 1946
Died | April 9, 2021 Boca Raton, Florida | (aged 75)
Education |
University 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.
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]
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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]
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]