Thomas James McAvoy

Thomas James McAvoy (b. September 17, 1938) is a federal judge for the U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Judge McAvoy was born in Johnson City, New York and graduated from Villanova University with an A.B. in 1960 and Albany Law School with a J.D. in 1964.

A Republican, McAvoy was a practicing attorney in Binghamton, New York from 1964 to 1985. He was a member of the Broome County Legislature from 1971 to 1986.

He was recommended for a judicial appointment by Senator Al D'Amato. On January 29, 1986 he was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 3, 1986, and received his commission on March 4, 1986.

McAvoy served as chief judge from 1993 to 2000 and assumed senior status on September 17, 2003.

Sources

Thomas James McAvoy at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
D'Amato Suggests Several as Judges, Arnold H. Lubasch, New York Times, February 24, 1985

Legal offices
Preceded by new seat	Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York 1986–2003	Succeeded by Gary L. Sharpe

Current senior district judges within the Second Circuit Court of Appeals

Connecticut	Eginton Covello Squatrito Arterton

E. New York	Weinstein Platt Glasser Wexler Korman Dearie Spatt Johnson Hurley Seybert Block Ross Gershon Garaufis Feuerstein Townes

N. New York	McAvoy Scullin Kahn Mordue Sharpe

S. New York	Griesa Duffy Haight Sweet Sand Keenan Stanton Wood McKenna Batts Cote Kaplan Stein Rakoff Berman Hellerstein Buchwald Marrero Crotty

W. New York	Curtin Telesca Larimer Arcara Skretny Siragusa

Vermont	Murtha Sessions

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 171043565 LCCN: no2011074001

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