Sandra J. Feuerstein

Born in New York City, New York, Feuerstein received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Vermont in 1966 She was a teacher in the New York Public School System (Frances X. Hegarty Elementary School/Island Park) from 1966 to 1971. 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 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. ==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 in a hit and run incident in Boca Raton, Florida. In September 2024, the driver, Nastasia Snape, was sentenced to four years in prison plus 26 years probation for her death. ==See also==