Leslie Stein

Leslie E. Stein (born 1956) is a former judge on New York State's Court of Appeals. 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. Early life The daughter of two law school graduates, Stein grew up in the Capital District of New York. 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. Legal career Stein worked in a paid legal internship during her last year at Albany Law. After law school, Stein first worked as a law clerk at Schenectady County Family Court.