A lawyer representing Michalski confirmed to The Buffalo News that the search was underway.

“A search warrant has been executed at home of Judge Michalski. He and his wife are fully cooperating,” said Terrence M. Connors, the lawyer.

Michalski, 61, of Hunters Lane, who suffered a serious leg injury from the freight train incident, returned to the bench eight weeks ago after the State Office of Court Administration reinstated him.

The Feb. 28, 2021, train incident was called an “apparent suicide attempt” by State Supreme Court Judge Thomas Brown in a decision last year upholding the Village of Depew’s refusal to release a copy of a video showing Michalski being struck by the train.

Michalski was hit by the train in Depew days after he was questioned by the FBI about his longtime friendship with strip club owner Peter Gerace, who faces federal charges of drug trafficking, sex trafficking and bribing Drug Enforcement Administration Agent Joseph Bongiovanni, who was also indicted.

Gerace is the nephew of a man that the FBI has said is the head of the Buffalo Mafia.

The FBI and Department of Homeland Security has an ongoing investigation into organized crime in Buffalo.

No charges have been filed against Michalski in connection with the federal probe.

Officers from the FBI, State Police and State Attorney General's Office arrived at Michalski's house at about 7 a.m. Thursday. They carried out several boxes and a case filled with materials.

Connors said he did not know if the search of Michalski’s house was related to Gerace or his strip club, Pharaoh’s, which was raided by federal authorities in December 2019.

“I have no knowledge of that because I have not seen the search warrant,” Connors said.

Michalski has also been under investigation by the state Commission on Judicial Conduct. It is investigating allegations made by Gerace’s ex-wife that Michalski was paid $5,000 to perform Gerace’s wedding ceremony. Judges in New York State are prohibited from accepting more than $100 to perform a wedding.

Barbara Burns, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's Office, declined to comment when asked about the search of Michalski's house.   

Gerace declined to comment on this latest development and instead referred inquiries to Steven M. Cohen, his attorney.

Cohen lambasted Gerace’s ex-wife, Katrina Nigro, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Tripi, the lead prosecutor in the ongoing federal investigation into organized crime.

“A disgruntled and disturbed ex-wife has been casting aspersions against some very fine people, and Judge Michalski is one in a long list who have been victimized by her," Cohen said.

Cohen called Michalski "one of the finest judges in the Eighth Judicial District.”

Nigro has said she has testified on organized crime before a federal grand jury, but declined to comment on what she told the grand jury.

Of Tripi, Cohen said, “Regrettably, a naive assistant U.S. attorney has swallowed everything this woman says hook, line and sinker.”