Rachel Stein is the Deputy Bureau Chief of the Strategic Investigations Bureau at the Queens District Attorney’s Office. Since joining the Queens District Attorney’s office after graduating from Cardozo Law School in 2010, she has investigated and prosecuted a wide range of complex and high profile financial crimes cases, securing top count convictions, substantial restitution for victims, and other meaningful remedies.

In her current role, Ms. Stein supervises Assistant District Attorneys and Detective Investigators handling complex investigations and prosecutions into a variety of matters, including pattern burglaries and robberies, stolen vehicle operations, money laundering, and major narcotics offenses. She also works closely with local, state, and federal law enforcement partners on sensitive and multi-jurisdictional investigations. Previously, she served as Deputy Bureau Chief of the Housing & Worker Protection Bureau and Chief of the Real Estate Theft Unit, where she led efforts to investigate and prosecute deed theft and other schemes targeting homeowners and vulnerable populations.

Prior to her current assignment in the Investigations Division, Ms. Stein served in a felony trial bureau, prosecuting a broad range of violent and non-violent felony offenses from arrest through grand jury presentation and trial. From 2015-2017, she practiced at a Manhattan litigation firm, where she served as lead counsel in commercial litigation matters in New York State and Federal courts.

In 2025, Ms. Stein received the Richard A. Brown Prosecutor of the Year Award in recognition of her outstanding contributions to criminal prosecution and public service.

Ms. Stein serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Cardozo School of Law, where she teaches a New York State Criminal Prosecution Field Clinic, focused on ethical prosecution and criminal practice. A graduate of Cardozo Law School, Ms. Stein is proud to return to her alma mater as a member of the adjunct faculty.