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Dorothy Chin Brandt (April 9, 1946 – January 27, 2025) was an American judge. She became the first female Asian American judge in the state of New York when she was elected to the New York City Civil Court in 1987.[1] She was also the first Chinese American to be elected to public office in all of Manhattan.[2] In 2001, she was appointed an acting New York Supreme Court justice, Criminal Term, Queens County.[3][1] She retired from the bench in 2016[4] or 2017.[3]
She had a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Chicago.[5] She was a graduate of Brooklyn Law School and earned of master of laws degree at Harvard Law School, where she was assistant dean.[5][4]
Her grandmother, Gun Lou Chin, was a native of Philadelphia who in 1939 became the first Chinese American woman to serve on a jury in Queens.[5]
Chin Brandt had a personal collection of Chinese art including jade items, calligraphy, and drawings.[6] She died of complications from sepsis in a hospital in Queens at age 78.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Roberts, Sam (February 19, 2025). "Dorothy Chin Brandt, Trailblazing Asian American Judge, Dies at 78". The New York Times. Retrieved February 20, 2025.
- ^ "Chapter 7: New York: The City of Ethnic Politics". Political Participation & Ethnic Minorities. Taylor & Francis. 2000. pp. 157–181 – via EBSCOhost.
- ^ a b "Hon. Dorothy Chin Brandt '74, Pioneering Asian American Judge, Dies at 79". Brooklyn Law School. February 5, 2025. Retrieved February 20, 2025.
- ^ a b Saul, Emily (February 5, 2025). "Legal Community Mourns the Loss of Trailblazing Judge Dorothy Chin Brandt". New York Law Journal. Retrieved February 20, 2025.
- ^ a b c Huang, Vivian (November 27, 1995). "DOROTHY CHIN-BRANDT, Civil Court Judge Assigned to Criminal Court". New York Daily News. Retrieved February 20, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Boyd, Herb (June 14, 1997). "Laws must be inclusive, not exclusive, says judge". New York Amsterdam News. Retrieved February 20, 2025.