Thomas W. Greelish

Thomas William Greelish (December 31, 1939 – June 23, 1991) was an American lawyer who served as United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 1985 to 1987.

Greelish worked as law secretary to U.S. District Judge Frederick Bernard Lacey in 1971. Later that year, he began working in the office of the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey. He was an assistant prosecutor under U.S. Attorney Herbert Jay Stern, serving in that position until 1976.

Legacy He was survived by his wife Peggy, daughter Sharon Greelish Cody, J.D. (Director of Growth and Engagement at KINBER, a digital opportunity nonprofit), and son James P. Greelish, M.D.(Assistant Professor Columbia University, Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery Caromont Healthcare, Inc.). His other son William Robert Greelish died of Duchene's muscular dystrophy at the age of 25.