Sandra Jeanne Feuerstein (January 21, 1946 – April 9, 2021) was a
United States district judge
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of the
.
Education and career
Born in
New York City
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,
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, Feuerstein received a
Bachelor of Science
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degree from the
University of Vermont
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in 1966
and a
Juris Doctor
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from the
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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at
Yeshiva University in 1979. She was a teacher in the New York Public School System (Frances X. Hegarty Elementary School/Island Park)from 1966 to 1971.
She was a
law clerk
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in the
New York Supreme Court
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Law Department from 1980 to 1985,
and to Judge Leo H. McGinity, New York State Appellate Division, from 1985 to 1987.
She was a judge on the Nassau County District Court from 1987 to 1994.
She then served as a justice of the New York Supreme Court Tenth Judicial District from 1994 to 1999,
and as an associate justice of the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division Second Judicial Department from 1999 to 2003.
Federal judicial service
She was nominated to the federal bench by
George W. Bush
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on January 7, 2003, to a seat vacated by
Thomas Collier Platt Jr.
Thomas Collier Platt Jr. (May 29, 1925 – March 4, 2017) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York from 1974 to 2017 and its Chief Judge from 1988 to 1995.
Education and career
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, confirmed by the
United States Senate
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on September 17, 2003, and received her commission on September 22, 2003.
She assumed
senior status
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on January 21, 2015.
Personal life
She was the daughter of Judge Annette Elstein (June 30, 1920 – April 6, 2020).
Feuerstein and Elstein were believed to be the first mother-daughter judges in United States history.
Feuerstein died on April 9, 2021, after being struck by a car driven by Nastasia Snape in a
hit and run
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incident in
Boca Raton
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,
Florida
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.
See also
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List of Jewish American jurists
References
External links
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Picture and biographical information(https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cardozo-life/10/)
Ratings by Attorneys(http://www.therobingroom.com/Judge.aspx?ID=7
Numerical BreakdownPersonal Rules of Court
(http://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/pub/rules/SJF-MLR.pdf)
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1946 births
2021 deaths
Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
United States district court judges appointed by George W. Bush
21st-century American judges
University of Vermont alumni
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law alumni
21st-century American women judges
Pedestrian road incident deaths
Road incident deaths in Florida