John T. Elfvin

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John Thomas Elfvin (born June 30, 1917 in Montour Falls, New York) is a senior judge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. Elfvin has been a federal judge since his nomination to the court by President Gerald Ford in 1974. He assumed senior judge status in 1987.

Judge Elfvin received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University in 1942 and his Juris Doctor degree in 1947 from the Georgetown University Law School following service in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

Elfvin clerked for E. Barrett Prettyman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (1947-48). After private practice in New York City and Buffalo, New York, he served three years as assistant U.S. Attorney from 1955-58. He returned to private practice in Buffalo from 1958-1969 during which time he was a member of the Board of Supervisors for Erie County, a member of the Buffalo Common Council. Elfvin served one year on the Supreme Court of New York in 1969 and once again returned to private practice before becoming U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York in 1972.