page_title: Rachel Freier
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Rachel Freier / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Judge Rachel Freier meets with President Bill Clinton &amp; Hillary Clinton
context_page_description: Rachel "Ruchie" Freier is a New York City Criminal Court judge.
  In 2016, she campaigned and was elected as a Civil Court judge for the Kings County 5th judicial district in New York State, thereby becoming the first Hasidic Jewish woman to be elected as a civil court judge in New York State, and the first Hasidic woman to hold public office in United States history. Although she ran for the Civil Court, after her election, she was assigned to serve on the Criminal Court in the Kings County 5th judicial district. She previously worked as a real estate attorney and community activist, and served as a volunteer court lawyer in the New York City Family Court.
context_section_description: Freier passed the New York State Bar exam in 2006. She is also licensed to practice law in New Jersey and the District of Columbia.
  Freier and her husband shared an office in Borough Park, where she practiced commercial and residential estate law, and he did commercial financing.
  Freier also had a law office in Monroe, New York, where she does business with Hasidic residents of nearby Kiryas Joel. She advocated for the Satmar Hasidic Community by speaking to residents of Orange, Sullivan, and Rockland counties, to help correct misconceptions people might have about Hasidic life in Kiryas Joel and to better understand the Hasidic neighbors in their midst.
  Freier began her political career in 2001 as an intern in the Manhattan office of then-U.S. Senator from New York Hillary Clinton. She also interned for other elected officials.
caption: Rachel Freier meeting with President Bill Clinton & Hillary Clinton
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