Obituaries
Federal Decide Alvin Hellerstein of New York dies at 92
On this courtroom sketch, U.S. District Decide Alvin Hellerstein of the Southern District of New York presides throughout a pretrial listening to in a drug trafficking case for former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his spouse, Cilia Flores, on July 22, 2026, in New York. (Photograph by Jane Rosenberg through the Related Press)
U.S. District Decide Alvin Hellerstein of the Southern District of New York died Wednesday at age 92.
Hellerstein was recognized for presiding over the federal narcoterrorism conspiracy case in opposition to ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his spouse, Cilia Flores, based on a story from Law.com. He additionally oversaw greater than 14,000 lawsuits that have been filed by victims of the Sept. 11 terror assaults.
On a private degree, the choose is being remembered for his empathy and morality, which was knowledgeable by his Jewish religion.
“He didn’t shrink back from pushing the boundaries of the regulation if he thought they might be unjust in any other case,” Evan Farber, a accomplice at Loeb & Loeb who as soon as clerked for Hellerstein, informed Regulation.com.
Hellerstein graduated from Columbia Regulation Faculty in 1956, and he turned a clerk for U.S. District Decide Edmund Palmieri of the Southern District of New York, Regulation.com reviews. He was a army lawyer with the U.S. Military and a accomplice and a litigator at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan earlier than being nominated to the federal bench by then-President Invoice Clinton. He was confirmed unanimously in 1998.
He took senior standing in 2011, however he by no means slowed down, Regulation.com reviews.
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