Civil Court Judge - District 3
Steven Benathen
Democratic
Principal court attorney, a career law clerk, to Acting Justice Audrey E. Stone in the Criminal Term of Bronx County Supreme Court since June 2023, and an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois College of Law since Jan. 2026.
Democratic nominee, chosen by party nomination; no primary was held for this seat.
Professional record
Principal court attorney, Bronx County Supreme Court · Admitted to the New York bar in 2014
Experience, cases & evaluations →Background
Based in Upper East Side
He began his career as a public defender with The Bronx Defenders and later clerked for Justices Ellen Gesmer and Lizbeth González of the Appellate Division, First Department.
- Grew up in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
- Lives on the Upper East Side
- J.D., magna cum laude, University of Illinois College of Law, May 2013
- B.S., magna cum laude, New York University, May 2010
- Member of the First Department Attorney Grievance Committee, 2022–2025
Support
No endorsements beyond the Democratic line were found as of Oct. 1, 2026.