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Erik Pitchal
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Bronx County Family Court
Tenure
Present officeholder
Term ends
2027
Prior offices:
New York City Civil Court
Year left office: 2014

Education
Bachelor's
Brown University, 1994
Law
Yale Law School, 1998


Erik Pitchal is a judge of the Bronx County Family Court in New York. His current term ends on December 26, 2027.

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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]

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