Nicholas Jon Ganjei

• B.A., American University, 2000
• J.D., University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, 2005

• Law clerk, Hon. Ralph R. Erickson, U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota, 2005-2007
• Adjunct professor, University of North Dakota School of Law, 2007
• Law clerk, Hon. Richard Allen Griffin, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2007-2008
• Assistant U.S. attorney, District of New Mexico, 2008-2020
• Adjunct professor and lecturer, University of New Mexico, 2012-2018
• Counsel, Office of Legal Policy, U.S. Department of Justice (on detail), 2018-2019
• Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Texas, 2020-2022
• first assistant U.S. attorney, 2020-2021
• acting U.S. attorney, 2021
• Chief counsel, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, 2022-2025
• U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Texas, 2025-2026

Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, November 18, 2025; no Senate vote