Erik S. Pitchal

Current Appointment: Kings County Family Court Judge, 2017-2027 Education: Brown University, Bachelor of Arts, 1994 Yale Law School, Juris Doctor, 1998 Bar Admissions: New York State Appellate Division Second Department, 1999 Massachusetts, 1999 First Circuit 2009 Southern District of New York, 1999 Federal District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 2008 Career Experience: Bronx County Family Court Judge, 2013-2014 Civil Court of the City of New York Judge, 2013-2014 Independent Child Welfare Consultant, Solo Practitioner (2011-2013) Assistant Clinical Professor, Founder & Director of the Suffolk University Child Advocacy Clinic at Suffolk University Law School (2007-2011) Adjunct Associate Professor of Law, Director of Fordham University Interdisciplinary Center for Family & Child Advocacy (2005-2007) Children’s Rights Staff Attorney (2002-2005) Staff Attorney at Legal Aid Society Juvenile Rights Division (1999-2002) Law Clerk to Hon. Robert P. Patterson, Jr of the S.D.N.Y. District Court (1998-1999)