Hon. Analisa Torres

Biography

Analisa Torres was appointed United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York on April 23, 2013. She served on the New York State bench, from 2000-2013, in the Supreme, Criminal and Civil Courts. Following seven years of practice in major Manhattan law firms, in 1993, Torres was appointed to the City Planning Commission. She served as law clerk to the Hon. Elliott Wilk. Judge Torres is a member of the CUNY Law School Board of Visitors and chairs the Board of Directors of the Women's Housing and Economic Development Corporation. She was awarded the Charles Evans Hughes Fellowship at Columbia Law School and graduated Harvard College magna cum laude. Judge Torres lives in Manhattan with her husband and daughter.