Thomas James McAvoy (born September 17, 1938) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York.
Thomas James McAvoy
New York Northern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
Born 1938 in Johnson City, NY
FJC ID: 1517
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 53/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 151/year
New York Northern District Court · 1986–2003
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Broome County [New York] LegislatureMember · 1971–1986
- Private practice, Binghamton, New York1964–1985
Appointments
1986–2003 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Education
- Albany Law SchoolJ.D. · 1964
- Villanova UniversityA.B. · 1960