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Bill Hutchinson reports for ABC News:
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A longtime Nassau County, New York, district court judge and New York Supreme Court justice, Feuerstein was appointed to the federal bench by former President George W. Bush in 2003 and was serving as a judge in the Eastern District of New York in Central Islip. She and her mother, Judge Annette Elstein, who died in 2020, made history as the first mother and daughter in the United States to serve as judges as the same time.
At the time of her death, Feuerstein was presiding over a high-profile murder-for-hire case in which a former New York Police Department officer is accused of hiring a hitman to kill her estranged husband. It’s unclear how Feuerstein’s death will impact the case.
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Mark Lesko, the acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, issued a statement expressing condolences to Feuerstein’s family.
“As we mourn her tragic death,” Lesko said, “we also remember Judge Feuerstein’s unwavering commitment to justice and service to the people of our district and our nation.”
ABC News’ Benjamin Stein contributed to this report.
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Judge Feuerstein’s mother, the late Judge Annette Elstein of the N.Y. Immigration Court was deeply beloved for her legal acumen, energy, kindness, and compassion by all who knew her, appeared before her, or had the privilege of learning from her. Judge Feuerstein was 75 years old.
The hearts of all of us in the Round Table of Former Immigration Judges go out to Judge Feuerstein’s family.
PWS
O4-11-21