Feuerstein was a U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2003 and serving until her passing in 2021.

She and her mother, Annette Elstein, were the first mother and daughter to both serve as judges in the U.S.

• She was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Boca Raton, Florida, in 2021.