Joan Marie Azrack (born in 1951) is an American lawyer who serves as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She is a former United States magistrate judge of the same court.
Career output and lasting influence
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 2/year
New York Eastern District Court · 2014–
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Female
- Race
- White
Prior employment
Assistant U.S. attorney · 1982–1990- ↳deputy chief, Narcotics Section · 1985–1986
- ↳chief, Business and Securities Fraud Section · 1987–1990
- ↳deputy chief, Criminal Division · 1987–1990
Criminal Division, U.S. Department of JusticeTrial attorney · 1979–1981
Appointments
- 2014–2024 · Appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Education
J.D. · 1979- Rutgers UniversityB.S. · 1974