James A. McDonaugh R

SUFFOLK COUNTY DISTRICT COURT JUDGE, 2ND DISTRICT, TOWN OF BABYLON

Credit: James Escher

McDonaugh, 55, of Lindenhurst, is running on the Democratic, Republican and Conservative party lines in the general election.
He has been an acting County Court judge since January 2022, and a Suffolk County District Court judge for more than 12 years. He ran unopposed in the election for 2nd District Court judge in 2012 and was reelected in 2018.
McDonaugh served as an acting County Court judge from 2016 to 2019. He was appointed to the District Court by Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone in 2012.
He was a part-time associate village justice in the Village of Lindenhurst from 2009 to 2012.
From 2001 to 2012, McDonaugh was a partner at the Lindenhurst law firm of Phillips, Weiner, Artura, Cox & McDonaugh.
He received an undergraduate degree from SUNY Oneonta in 1991 and earned a law degree from the University of Memphis, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law in 1994. McDonaugh was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1995.