Onofry
PORT JERVIS – Orange County Surrogate Court Judge Robert Onofry announced on Tuesday, he will seek re-election to a second term.
The Port Jervis resident was first elected to Surrogate Court in November 2008 after 32 years of private practice and after having served for 12 years as Port Jervis City Court judge and as acting court judge for both the cities of Middletown and Newburgh, by special assignment from the state Office of Court Administration.
In January 2009 he was appointed Acting Supreme Court Justice for the Ninth Judicial District where he shared civil trial duties for nine years with four full-time Orange County State Supreme Court justices.
In July 2015, Onofry was appointed Acting Surrogate Court judge for Westchester County to assist in the oversight, management and disposition of that county’s caseload. He continues to serve in the dual capacity of Orange County Surrogate Court judge and Acting Surrogate in Westchester.
In September 2016, he was also appointed Acting Supreme Court justice for Nassau County for the specific purpose of presiding over, and bringing to closure, a case involving a multi-million-dollar nonprofit dissolution that involved several estates and parties.
