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'{{Short description|American judge}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = | name = Sandra Lynn Townes | honorific-suffix = | image = | alt = | caption = | office = [[Senior status|Senior Judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York]] | term_start = May 1, 2015 | term_end = February 8, 2018 | office1 = Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York]] | term_start1 = August 2, 2004 | term_end1 = May 1, 2015 | nominator1 = | appointer1 = [[List of federal judges appointed by George W. Bush|George W. Bush]] | predecessor1 = [[Sterling Johnson Jr.]] | successor1 = [[Ann Donnelly]] | pronunciation = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1944|09|29}} | birth_place = {{nowrap|[[Spartanburg, South Carolina|Spartanburg]], [[South Carolina]]}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|02|08|1944|09|29}} | death_place = [[Manhattan]], [[New York (state)|New York]] | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | nationality = | party = | otherparty = | height = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = | residence = | education = {{nowrap|[[Johnson C. Smith University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}<br>[[Syracuse University College of Law]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | religion = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = <!--Embedded templates / Footnotes--> | footnotes = }} '''Sandra Lynn Townes''' (September 29, 1944<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=Sandra+Lynn+Townes+1944&prmd=ivmn&tbm=bks|title=Sandra Lynn Townes 1944 - Google Search|website=www.google.com}}</ref> – February 8, 2018) was a [[United States federal judge|United States district judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York]].She was professional in her work and continues to do so without any [[persona]]<nowiki/>l or political considerations ==Early life and education== {{Unreferenced section|date=July 2020}} Born in [[Spartanburg, South Carolina|Spartanburg]], [[South Carolina]], the Honorable Sandra L. Townes graduated from [[Johnson C. Smith University]] with her [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in 1966 and later from [[Syracuse University College of Law]] with a [[Juris Doctor]] in 1976. ==Legal career== {{Unreferenced section|date=July 2020}} Following law school graduation, Townes worked with the [[Onondaga County, New York|Onondaga County]], [[New York (state)|New York]], District Attorney's Office as Assistant District Attorney (1977–83). She was promoted to Senior Assistant District Attorney (1983–86) and became Chief ADA (1986–87). Townes was elected to a City Court Judge seat for the City Court of [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]], New York (1988–99). In 1999, Townes was elected as Justice of the Fifth Judicial District [[New York Supreme Court]] (2000–04). She was selected by the New York State Governor, [[George Pataki]], to the judicial post of Appellate Division Associate justice handling appeals for the 2nd Judicial Department of the New York State Supreme Court (2001–04). During this time, Townes was an [[Adjunct professor]] at Syracuse University College of Law (1987–95) and at [[Onondaga Community College]] (1992 to 2001). ==Federal judicial service== Townes was nominated to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York by President [[George W. Bush]] on August 1, 2003 to a seat vacated when the Honorable [[Sterling Johnson, Jr.]] took [[senior status]]. Townes was confirmed by the [[United States Senate|Senate]] on June 3, 2004 on a Senate vote and received her commission on August 2, 2004. She assumed [[senior status]] on May 1, 2015, serving in that status until her death of [[lung cancer]] at the [[Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center]] in [[Manhattan]], New York on February 8, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2018/02/federal_judge_sandra_townes_a_syracuse_trailblazer_dies_at_73.html|title=Federal Judge Sandra Townes, a Syracuse trailblazer, dies at 73|publisher=}}</ref> ==See also== *[[List of African-American jurists]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Sources== *{{FJC Bio|nid=1392116}} *[https://history.nycourts.gov/biography/sandra-l-townes/ Sandra L. Townes - Historical Society of the New York Courts (nycourts.gov)] {{s-start}} {{s-legal}} {{s-bef|before=[[Sterling Johnson Jr.]]}} {{s-ttl|title={{nowrap|Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York]]}}|years=2004–2015}} {{s-aft|after=[[Ann Donnelly]]}} {{s-end}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Townes, Sandra Lynn}} [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Onondaga Community College faculty]] [[Category:Johnson C. Smith University alumni]] [[Category:Syracuse University College of Law alumni]] [[Category:American women judges]] [[Category:African-American judges]] [[Category:New York Supreme Court Justices]] [[Category:Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York]] [[Category:United States district court judges appointed by George W. 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