The Hon. Steven M. Statsinger is a judge for the Criminal Court of the City of New York in New York County. He was appointed to the bench by former Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2013.
Statsinger earned a B.S. in psychology from Brown University in 1984. He then completed a J.D. at Columbia Law School in 1987.
He began his legal career as a staff attorney with the Legal Aid Society in 1987. He started in the Criminal Appeals Bureau, eventually transferring to the Federal Defender Division in 1993. He worked in that capacity until 2005, when he became the Supervisor and Training Director of the Federal Defenders of New York.
Statsinger has taught as an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School as well as the New York University’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies.