Peggy Cross-Goldenberg is a United States Magistrate Judge in the Eastern District of New York. Prior to her appointment to the bench, Judge Cross-Goldenberg was the supervising trial attorney and director of training in the Southern District of New York office of the Federal Defenders of New York.
Judge Cross-Goldenberg received her J.D. from Columbia Law School, where she served as an articles editor on the Columbia Law Review, and her B.A from Duke University. After graduating from Columbia Law School, she clerked for the Honorable Lewis A. Kaplan of the Southern District of New York and the Honorable William A. Fletcher of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Judge Cross-Goldenberg has taught Columbia's Legal Practice Workshop and Pro Bono Scholars Program. She currently teaches Professional Responsibility in Criminal Law.