John Thomas Elfvin

Judge John Thomas Elfvin

Personal

Birthday:

6/30/1917

Birthplace:

Montour Falls, NY

Date of Death:

1/6/2009

Place of Death:

Lancaster, NY

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

U.S. Navy electrical engineer, Bureau of Ships, 1943-1946
Law clerk, Hon. E. Barrett Prettyman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1947-1948
Private practice, New York City, 1948-1951
Private practice, Buffalo, New York, 1951-1955, 1958-1969, 1970-1972
Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of New York, 1955-1958
Member, Erie County [New York] Board of Supervisors, 1962-1965
Member, Buffalo [New York] Common Council, 1966-1969
Justice, Supreme Court of the State of New York, 1969
U.S. attorney for the Western District of New York, 1972-1975

Education

Name of School:

Cornell University

Degree:

B.E.E.

Degree Year:

1942

Name of School - Second:

Georgetown University Law Center

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Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1947

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Western District of New York

Court Name:

New York Western District Court

President Nominating:

Gerald Ford

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

12/21/1974

Retirement from Active Service:

7/1/1987

Termination Date:

1/6/2009

Termination Reason:

Death