GOSHEN, N.Y. (February 25, 2019) – Timothy P. McElduff Jr., a long-time attorney with extensive experience in Surrogate Court matters and a partner at a leading Orange County law firm, unanimously carried the Orange County Republican Committee Convention last night.
McElduff will now be placed on the Republican ballot to become the next Orange County Surrogate Court Judge. The seat will be vacated by retiring Judge Robert A. Onofry, who will be forced to retire in 2019 under New York’s age requirements for county judges.
In the run up to the convention, McElduff received endorsements from 12 town Republican committees in Orange County and the Orange County Conservative Party.
“Thank you, everyone, for your unanimous support of my campaign to become the next Orange County Surrogate Court Judge,” McElduff said, accepting the party’s nomination. “I am truly honored to be the Republican nominee for this office and I will make you all proud.”
McElduff has the skillset necessary to assume the unique responsibilities that come with sitting on the bench of Surrogate’s Court. He has practiced law for over 20 years and is a partner at Drake Loeb PLLC in New Windsor. His practice has focused on civil litigation with extensive experience in Surrogate’s Court matters, such as estate administration, will contests, guardianships, judicial accountings, removal/appointment of fiduciaries, and discovery proceedings.
For the past 12 years, he has also served as a Town Justice in the Town of Wawayanda Justice Court, one of Orange County’s busiest town and village courts, adjudicating thousands of civil, traffic, and criminal matters. He has been elected to this position for three consecutive four-year terms on the Republican, Conservative, and Independence party lines.
He has served on the board of directors of the YMCA of Eastern Orange and Dutchess Counties, and currently serves on the boards of Inspire and Minisink Valley Little League, where he served as president and vice president. He is a current member and past president of the Orange County Magistrates Association, a 3rd Degree member of the Knights of Columbus, and has volunteered as a judge in the Orange County Mock Trial Competition.
