Azrack was born in 1951, in
Neptune Township, New Jersey. She received a
Bachelor of Science degree in 1974 from
Rutgers University. She received a
Juris Doctor in 1979 from
New York Law School. She began her career as a trial attorney in the
Criminal Division of the
United States Department of Justice from 1979 to 1981. From 1982 to 1990, she was an
Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of New York, where she served as Deputy Chief of the Narcotics Section from 1985 to 1986 and as Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division and Chief of the Business and Securities Fraud Section from 1986 to 1990. From 1988 to 1991, Azrack was a visiting instructor at
Harvard Law School.
Federal judicial service From 1990 to 2014 she served as a
United States magistrate judge in the Eastern District and as chief United States magistrate judge from 2000 to 2005. On September 18, 2014, President
Barack Obama nominated Azrack to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, to the seat vacated by Judge
Joanna Seybert, who assumed
senior status on January 13, 2014. She received a hearing before the
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on November 13, 2014. On December 11, 2014, her nomination was reported out of committee by
voice vote. On Saturday, December 13, 2014
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed a motion to invoke
cloture on the nomination. On December 16, 2014, Reid withdrew his cloture motion on Azrack's nomination, and the Senate proceeded to vote to confirm Azrack in a
voice vote. She received her federal judicial commission on December 19, 2014. She assumed
senior status on December 19, 2024. ==References==