Rachel Freier
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Rachel Freier Justice of New York City Civil Court |
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| Born | April 2, 1965 Brooklyn, New York |
| Nationality | United States |
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Bais Yaakov, Touro College Brooklyn Law School |
| Organization | Ezras Nashim EMT Group |
| Known for | First Hasidic Woman Judge |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | David Freier |
| Children | 6 |
| Website | http://freierforcivilcourt.com/ |
Rachel "Ruchie" Freier (born April 2, 1965) is a New York State civil court judge.
In 2016 she was elected Civil Court judge for the Kings County 5th judicial district in New York State, thereby becoming the first Hasidic Jewish woman to be elected as a civil court judge in New York State and the first Hasidic woman to serve in public office in United States history. She has also been also a real estate attorney and community activist. She also served as a volunteer court lawyer in the New York City Family Court.
Freier was born in Borough Park, a Brooklyn native, the eldest of five children in a Hasidic Jewish family. While attending the Bais Yaakov high school in Borough Park, she took a course in legal stenography, she graduated high school in 1982. At age 19 she married David Freier, with whom she has three sons and three daughters.
Freier worked first as a legal secretary and in 1994 as a paralegal at Law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher in order to support her husband in kollel. Her husband went on to complete an accounting degree at Touro College, and in 1996 she also decided to pursue a college education. She began studying law at age 30 after realizing she was working for lawyers younger than her.
She enrolled at Touro College, where she became director of the women's pre-law society, and graduated six years later with a bachelor of science degree in political science.
She then entered Brooklyn Law School, completing her degree in four years, graduating in June 2005.
Freier passed the New York State Bar exam in 2006 becoming the first Hasidic female lawyer. She is also licensed to practice law in New Jersey and the District of Columbia.
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