Leslie E. Stein

Professional career

• Judge, New York Court of Appeals, 2015-present
• Retired Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, serving from February 9, 2015, until her retirement on June 4, 2021
• 2015–2021: Associate Judge, New York Court of Appeals, appointed by Governor Andrew Cuomo and confirmed by the New York State Senate
• 2008–2015: Associate Justice, New York State Appellate Division, Third Department
• Administrative Judge of the Rensselaer County Integrated Domestic Violence Part (2006–2008)
• 2002–2008: Justice, New York State Supreme Court, Third Judicial District
• 1997–2002: Albany City Court Judge and Acting Albany County Family Court Judge
• Since retiring, Stein has been an adjunct professor at Albany Law School and Director of the Government Law Center at the school

Education

Additional information

• Stein was a past co-chair of the NYS Unified Court System Family Violence Task Force, a founding member of the New York State Judicial Institute on Professionalism in the Law, and chaired the Third Judicial District Gender Fairness Committee (2001–2005).
• She obtained a B.A. with Phi Beta Kappa honors from Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and a J.D. Magna Cum Laude from Albany Law School in 1981, ranking second in her class
• Born 1956.
• Elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
• After law school, Stein clerked for judges in Schenectady County Family Court and then practiced matrimonial and family law for nearly 14 years at the Albany firm McNamee, Lochner, Titus & Williams, P.C., rising to partner.
• She has served on multiple bar association boards, including the New York State Association of City Court Judges and the New York Association of Women Judges New York State Unified Court System