The Hon. Heela D. Capell is a judge for the New York City Housing Court in New York County. She was appointed to the Housing Court in 2018 by the Hon. Lawrence K. Marks, Chief Administrative Judge of the State of New York.
Judge Capell received her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College in 2002. She went on to earn her J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University in 2005.
Prior to her appointment to the Housing Court, Capell served as a court attorney for the New York State Unified Court System. She also practiced as an associate at the law firms of Belkin, Burden, Wenig, and Goldman LLP and Heiberger and Associates P.C.
She has been a member of the New York City Bar Association.