James A. McDonaugh

Judge James A. McDonaugh currently presides in District Court in Suffolk County and has served as a New York judge for 17 years.

Judge McDonaugh was most recently elected to the bench for a term beginning in 2025 and ending in 2030.

To view Judge McDonaugh’s profile on the New York State Courts website, click here.

Judicial metrics

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Publication Rate: 0.0 decisions per year

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Suppression Reversal Rate: 0.0%

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Excessive Sentence Findings: 0 cases

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Excessive Sentence Reductions: 0.0 years

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Reassigned Reversals: 0 cases

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Favored Commercial Bonds: 100.0% of bail cases

Higher than 80.73% of judges in the dataset

Blocked Affordable Bail: 100.0% of bail cases

Higher than 75.76% of judges in the dataset

Public Discipline: 0 determinations

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Disproportionate Carcerality

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Last updated June 15, 2025. Produced by Marc Lajoie and Oded Oren.
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