Esther M. Morgenstern
Supreme Court Justice
11th Judicial District:
(Queens County)

• I was selected to preside over the problem solving Integrated Domestic Violence Court in Queens county, handles criminal, family court and matrimonial cases following the "one family-one judge" concept. I have handled over 2000 petitions and settled nearly 90% of those cases. My experience in Criminal Court and then Family Court prepared me to handle the integrated court. I am the child of Holocaust survivors and believe that history gives me much compassion, empathy and concern for families and I always try to treat all the parties that come before me in the same way that I would expect to be treated.

• J.D. Cardozo School of Law 1984
• B.A. Brooklyn College, CUNY 1980 Summa Cum Laude

• New York 1985

• Supreme Court Justice, Queens County

• Acting Justice of the Supreme Court- Integrated Domestic Violence Court-Queens County- Dec. 2003- To date;
• Acting Justice of the Supreme Court- Family Court, Kings County- Jan. 2002- Dec. 2003
• Criminal Court, Kings County- April 1996- Dec. 2001
• Civil Court, Kings County- Jan. 1996- April 1996