Nicholas Garaufis

Nicholas Garaufis

Nicholas George Garaufis is a Senior U.S. District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He joined Batalla Vidal’s lawsuit challenging the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to revoke his Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) permit.

About Nicholas Garaufis in brief

Summary Nicholas GaraufisNicholas George Garaufis is a Senior U.S. District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He served for more than five years as the Chief Counsel of the Federal Aviation Administration in Washington, D. C. He was nominated by President Clinton on February 28, 2000, to a seat on the District Court. He took senior status on October 1, 2014, and joined Batalla Vidal’s lawsuit challenging the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to revoke his Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) permit. He is married and has two children.

He lives in Queens, New York City with his wife and two daughters. He has a son and daughter-in-law, both of whom are also federal judges. He also has a brother and a sister who are federal judges, as well as a niece and nephew who also work for the federal government. His father was a civil engineer and his mother was the district office manager for Republican Congressman Seymour Halpern. He graduated from Columbia College of Columbia University in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and received his Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 1974.