Leslie Stein

Leslie E. Stein (born 1956) is a judge on New York State's Court of Appeals. Judge Stein was appointed to the court by Governor Andrew Cuomo in late 2014, and was confirmed by the New York State Senate on February 9, 2015.[1]

Leslie E. Stein
Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Assumed office
February 9, 2015
Appointed byAndrew Cuomo
Preceded byVictoria A. Graffeo
Associate Justice of Third Judicial Department
In office
February 2008 – February 2015
Appointed byEliot Spitzer
Justice on the New York Supreme Court, Third Judicial District
In office
January 2002 – January 2008
Albany City Court Judge
In office
January 1997  – January 2002
Personal details
Born1956 (age 64–65)
New York, U.S.
Alma materMacalester College
Albany Law School

Early life

The daughter of two law school graduates, Stein grew up in the Capital District of New York.[2]

She graduated from Macalester College, with Phi Beta Kappa honors. She started law school at the Minnesota Law School, and after her first year, transferred to Albany Law School for her last two years, when she earned her Juris Doctor in 1981, and was ranked second in her class.[1][2]

Stein worked in a paid legal internship during her last year at Albany Law.[2] After law school, Stein first worked as a law clerk at Schenectady County Family Court.[1][2]

She was in private practice for almost 14 years, starting as an associate and later a partner, at the Albany, New York law firm of McNamee, Lochner, Titus & Willams.[1][2] She re-entered government service as an Albany City court judge in early 1997.[2]

Stein served on the Albany Law School board of trustees.[2]

State judicial service

New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division

She was elected to the State Supreme Court, Third Judicial District in 2001, and started her service on that trial bench on January 1, 2002.[2] She was appointed, in February 2008, to fill a vacancy as an Associate Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Third Judicial Department.[2] (Eliot Spitzer was the Governor at the time, a month before he resigned.)

New York Court of Appeals

Her selection to New York State's Court of Appeals, by Governor Cuomo, happened in late 2014. Judge Victoria A. Graffeo applied to the New York State Commission on Judicial Nominations to be considered for appointment to a second term. The Commission included Graffeo on its list of seven candidates for the position, but Governor Andrew Cuomo declined to reappoint Graffeo and instead selected Justice Stein for the position. Stein's nomination was confirmed by the New York State Senate on February 9, 2015.[1][3]

In November 2020, Stein announced her plans to retire effective June 4, 2021.[4]

References
  1. "Judges of the Court: Honorable Leslie E. Stein". New York Courts government website. 2015. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
  2. Albany Law Magazine, Summer 2015, p. 23.
  3. Stashenko, Joel (February 10, 2015). "Senate Confirmation Bring Court of Appeals to Full Strength". New York Law Journal. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
  4. "Judge Leslie Stein to retire from Court of Appeals". Times Union. 2020-11-03. Retrieved 2020-11-04.


Legal offices
Preceded by
Victoria A. Graffeo		 Associate Judges of the New York Court of Appeals
2015–present		 Incumbent
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