Sandra J. Feuerstein
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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
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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
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External links
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- 1946 births
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- Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- United States district court judges appointed by George W. Bush
- 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