page_title: Brooklyn Law School
section_title: State
hierarchical_section_title: Brooklyn Law School / Notable alumni / Judges / State
caption_attribution_description: English: First Hasidic Woman Elected As Brooklyn Civil Court Judge
context_page_description: Brooklyn Law School is a private law school in New York City. Founded in 1901, it has approximately 1,100 students. Brooklyn Law School's faculty includes 60 full-time faculty, 15 emeriti faculty, and a number of adjunct faculty. A JD program at Brooklyn Law School costs $61,550 per academic year.
  Brooklyn Law School has produced a number of luminaries. Included among them are New York City Mayor David Dinkins, US Senator Norm Coleman, judges Frank Altimari and Edward R. Korman, attorneys Stephen Dannhauser, Myron Trepper, Allen Grubman, and Bruce Cutler, CEOs Barry Salzberg and Marty Bandier, and billionaire real estate developers Leon Charney and Larry Silverstein.
context_section_description: Harold Birns, 1938, Associate Justice of the NY Appellate Division, First Department
  Bernard Botein, 1924, Presiding Justice of the NY State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, and President of the New York City Bar Association.
  John Carro, 1956, Associate Justice of the NY Appellate Division, First Department, first Puerto Rican to be designated an Appellate Court Justice, and founding partner of the largest Latino-owned law firm in New York.
  Noach Dear, 1991, New York Supreme Court judge
  Steven W. Fisher, 1972, Associate Justice of the NY Appellate Division, Second Department
  Rachel Freier, 2005, Civil Court judge for the Kings County 5th judicial district in NY State, first Hasidic Jewish woman to be elected as a civil court judge in NY State, and first Hasidic woman to serve in public office in US history.
  E. Leo Milonas, 1960, partner of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP; former Associate Justice, Associate Justice of the NY Appellate Division, First Department, and Chief Administrative Judge of the State of NY.
  Frank D. O'Connor, 1934, Judge of the Appellate Division of the NY State Supreme Court, Queens District Attorney, President of the New York City Council.
  Ann Pfau, 1984, Chief Administrative Judge of the New York State Unified Court System.
  Raja Rajeswari, 1998, Judge of the Criminal Court of the City of New York, first India-born woman to be appointed a judge in New York City
  Rosalyn Richter, 1979, Associate Justice of the NY Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First  Department
  Irma Vidal Santaella, 1961, 1967, justice of the NY State Supreme Court, first Puerto Rican woman admitted to the New York State Bar and first Puerto Rican woman to be elected to the NY State Supreme Court.
  William C. Thompson, 1954, justice of the NY State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department; founding member of nation’s first community development corporation, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation.
  Peter Tom, 1975, first Asian-American appellate justice in NY State
  Edwin Torres, 1957, NY State Supreme Court justice and best-selling author of crime novels.
  Moses M. Weinstein, 1934, justice of the NY Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, and Acting Speaker of the New York State Assembly.
caption: Judge Rachel Freier
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