Nicholas Tsoucalas

Nicholas Tsoucalas
Judge of the United States Court of International Trade
In office
June 9, 1986  September 30, 1996
Appointed by Ronald Reagan
Preceded by Nils Boe
Succeeded by Delissa Ridgway
Personal details
Born (1926-08-24) August 24, 1926
New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma mater Kent State University
New York Law School

Nicholas Tsoucalas (born 1926) is a Senior Judge for the United States Court of International Trade.

Biography

Tsoucalas was born in 1926 in New York City. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1949 from Kent State University. He received a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1951 from New York Law School. He served in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946 and again from 1951 to 1952. He worked in private practice in New York City from 1953 to 1955. He was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1955 to 1959. He worked in private practice in New York City again from 1959 to 1968. He served as a supervisor for the 1960 Census. He served as a Judge of the New York City Criminal Court from 1968 to 1975 and again from 1982 to 1986. He served as an acting Supreme Court Justice in Kings County and Queens County from 1975 to 1982.[1]

Federal Judicial Service

On September 11, 1985, President Reagan nominated Tsoucalas to be a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade, to the seat vacated by Nils A. Boe. He was confirmed by the Senate on June 6, 1986 and received his commission on June 9, 1986. He took senior status on September 30, 1996, and was succeeded by Judge Delissa A. Ridgway.[2]

References

Legal offices
Preceded by
Nils Boe
Judge of the United States Court of International Trade
1986–1996
Succeeded by
Delissa Ridgway
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