Raymond Del Tufo, Jr.

Raymond Del Tufo Jr. (July 31, 1919 – March 18, 1970) was an American lawyer and judge who served as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 1954 to 1956.

Biography

Del Tufo was born in 1919 in Newark, New Jersey, the son of Raymond and Mary Del Tufo. His younger brother, Robert Del Tufo, would later serve as Attorney General of New Jersey. He attended Newark Academy, Princeton University, and Rutgers Law School. He served four years in the United States Army Air Forces and Signal Corps.

He was an associate at the law firm of Lum, Fairlie & Foster before being appointed as First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey in 1953.

Del Tufo returned to private practice and taught at Seton Hall University School of Law. In 1960, he was appointed to be a judge on the Essex County District Court. He served until his death in 1970 at the age of 50 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in East Orange.