Judge Lois Bloom
Director

Judge Lois Bloom was sworn in as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of New York on May 18, 2001. She was reappointed for her third term on the Brooklyn bench in May 2017. Before her appointment in the Eastern District, Magistrate Judge Bloom served as Senior Staff Attorney in the Pro Se Office of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for 13 years. Judge Bloom has spoken on Access to Justice, Federal Civil Practice, Employment Discrimination, Habeas Corpus and Civil Rights issues at numerous conferences.  She also trained new Magistrate Judges as part of the Federal Judicial Center’s annual orientation for newly appointed judges for over a decade.