Eric Sachs

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Sachs, 67, of Melville, is a registered Democrat and is running on the Democratic party line in the general election.
He was elected to the District Court bench in the 3rd District, Town of Huntington, in 2018 and is an acting County Court judge of Suffolk County as of Jan. 1, 2021. Sachs is presiding judge of the DWI treatment court in Suffolk County.
Sachs was an attorney in private practice from 1989 to 2018, specializing in Driving While Intoxicated cases.
From 1985 to 1989, he was the assistant district attorney for Bronx County.
Sachs received his undergraduate degree from SUNY Albany in 1981 and earned his law degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1985.
He was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1986 and the Eastern and Southern districts of New York in 1987.