Sandra J. Feuerstein

Sandra Jeanne 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 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
Died	April 9, 2021 (aged 75); Boca Raton, Florida
Education	University of Vermont (B.S.); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D.)

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 (1920-2020).^[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]

References[]

^ 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. "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[]

Legal offices
Preceded by Thomas Collier Platt Jr.	Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York 2003–2015	Succeeded by Gary R. Brown

[1] The American Bench. Reginald Bishop Forster & Associates. 2008. p. 1714. ISBN 978-0-931398-56-8.

[fjc-2] "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.

[cnnobit-4] Razek, Raja; Andone, Dakin. "Driver arrested in hit-and-run death of Sandra Feuerstein, New York federal judge". CNN. Retrieved April 11, 2021.

[abc-5] "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.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]