Sandra Lynn Townes (September 29, 1944 – February 8, 2018) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Sandra L. Townes
New York Eastern District Court
Born 1944 in Spartanburg, SC
Died 2018 in New York, NY
FJC ID: 3056
Career output and lasting influence
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 2/year
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001–2004New York Eastern District Court · 2004–2018
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
- African American
Prior employment
- Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fifth Judicial DistrictJustice · 2000–2004
- Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Second Judicial DepartmentAssociate justice · 2001–2004
- Onondaga Community CollegeAdjunct professor · 1992–2001
- Syracuse [New York] City CourtJudge · 1988–1999
Adjunct professor · 1987–1995- Onondaga County, New YorkAssistant district attorney · 1977–1987
- ↳senior assistant district attorney · 1983–1986
- ↳chief assistant district attorney · 1986–1987
Appointments
2004–2018 · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- J.D. · 1976
- Johnson C. Smith UniversityB.A. · 1966