Alvin Hellerstein Biography – Alvin Hellerstein Wiki

Alvin Hellerstein is a Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He was appointed to the federal bench by Bill Clinton in 1998, to a seat vacated by Louis L. Stanton. He assumed senior status on January 30, 2011.

As a District Judge, Judge Hellerstein presided over all the 9/11 litigation (approximately 13,000 such cases were filed), the Freedom of Information Act cases against the Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency relating to Abu Ghraig, and the renditions and interrogations of captured enemy combatants, among many other cases.

A Bronx native and Columbia Law School graduate, Judge Hellerstein was an editor of the Law Review and served as Law Clerk to U.S. Dist. Judge Edmund L. Palmieri from 1956 to 1957. He served as First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Judge Advocate General’s Corps (Instructor, JAGC School, Charlottesville, VA, 1957-1959, Trial Lawyer and Legal Counselor, 7th Div. and HQ. 8th Army, Korea, 1959-1960); Stroock & Stroock & Lavan (1960-1998) (Co-Head, Lit’n Dep’t).

Judge Hellerstein, in addition to his practice at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, devoted considerable time to professional and charitable activities. He was President, and then Chairman, of the Board of Jewish Education, and he served on the boards of his synagogue, The Jewish Center, the Ramaz School, and on important committees of UJAFederation.

He was active as well in professional organizations, and lectured and wrote for bar associations and for The Practising Law and The American Law Institutes.

Judge Hellerstein graduated with a B.A. from Columbia College in 1954 and earned his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1956.

Alvin Hellerstein Age

Judge Alvin Kenneth Hellerstein was born on December 28, 1933 in New York City, New York.

Alvin Hellerstein Wife

U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein was married to his wife Mildred Hellerstein for 54 years. Mildred died on March 4, 2017 at the age of 80, after suffering from a cruel combination of Alzheimer’s and COPD. After retiring, she became the Treasurer and Administrative Vice-President in New York of the Amit network, an organization that operates schools and homes for children in Israel.

Alvin Hellerstein Family

Senior U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein has three children, Dina Ruth Hellerstein, Judith and Joseph. Dina graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and received a law degree from Columbia University. She was married to Joshua Eli Metzger on March 30, 1997, in a ceremony at the Pierre in New York.

Alvin Hellerstein Salary

U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein receives an annual salary of $247,400.

Alvin Hellerstein Political Party

Judge Hellerstein is an appointee of Democratic President Bill Clinton.

Religion

Judge Hellerstein is an Orthodox Jew.