Erik Pitchal
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Erik Pitchal
Bronx County Family Court
Tenure
Present officeholder
Term ends
2027
Prior offices
New York City Civil Court
Education
Erik Pitchal is a judge of the Bronx County Family Court in New York. His current term ends on December 26, 2027.
Education
Pitchal earned his B.A. from Brown University in 1994. He received his J.D. from the Yale Law School in 1998.[1]
Career
- 2015-2017: Judge, Bronx County Family Court
- 2013-2014: Designated judge, Bronx County Family Court
- 2014: Judge, New York City Civil Court
- 2011-2013: Independent child welfare consultant and solo practitioner
- 2007-2011: Assistant clinical professor of law and founder and director, Suffolk University Child Advocacy Clinic
- 2005-2007: Director and adjunct associate professor of law, Fordham University Interdisciplinary Center for Family and Child Advocacy
- 2002-2005: Staff attorney, Children's Rights
- 1999-2002: Staff attorney, Legal Aid Society Juvenile Rights Division
- 1998-1999: Law clerk, Hon. Robert P. Patterson, Jr, US District Court for the Southern District of New York[1]