Sandra J. Feuerstein

Sandra Jeanne Feuerstein (January 21, 1946 – 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, 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,

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.