Thomas Rademaker

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Thomas Rademaker

Nassau County Family Court

Tenure

Present officeholder

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Education

Bachelor's

State University of New York, Oneonta, 1993

Law

Touro Law School, 1996

Thomas Rademaker is a judge of the Nassau County Family Court in New York. He was elected on November 4, 2014, for a term that expires on December 31, 2024.

Rademaker was a Conservative Party candidate for the 10th Judicial District Supreme Court in New York. Rademaker was defeated in the general election on November 7, 2017.

Biography

Rademaker received a B.S. in business economics from State University of New York at Oneonta in 1993, and a J.D. from Touro Law School in 1996. Below is a summary of Rademaker's professional experience:

• 2015-Present: Judge, Nassau County Family Court
• 2003-2014: Principal law clerk, Hon. Philip Grella
• 2000-2003: Attorney, Thomas A. Rademaker, P.C.
• 1998-2000: Of counsel, Peace, Agresta, Lemke & Blum, Esqs.
• 1997-1998: Associate, David K. Lieb, P.C.

Awards and associations

• Member, Nassau County Bar Association
• Member, Criminal Courts Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, New York State Bar Association
• Member, Suffolk County Bar Association

Elections

2017

See also: New York local trial court judicial elections, 2017

New York held general elections for local judicial offices on November 7, 2017. A primary election was held on September 12, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was July 13, 2017.

The following candidates ran in the 10th District Supreme Court general election.

10th District Supreme Court, General Election (4 open seats), 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic/Republican	Arthur M. Diamond Incumbent	20.60%	421,992
	Democratic/Republican	Thomas Feinman Incumbent	20.57%	421,295
	Democratic/Republican/Independence	Linda Kevins	15.37%	314,893
	Democratic/Republican/Independence/Working Families	William B. Rebolini Incumbent	14.70%	300,991
	Republican	Richard Hoffmann	10.89%	223,086
	Republican	Robert Lifson	10.18%	208,593
	Conservative	Daniel McLane	2.80%	57,246
	Conservative	Thomas Rademaker	2.53%	51,804
	Independence	Philip Boyle	1.33%	27,178
	Independence	Stuart Besen	0.99%	20,286
		Write-in votes	0.04%	761
Total Votes				2,048,125
Source: New York City Board of Elections, "Official Election Night Results," accessed December 18, 2017

2014

See also: New York judicial elections, 2014
Rademaker ran for election to the Nassau County Family Court.
Primary: He was defeated in the Independence primary on September 9, 2014, receiving 19.4 percent of the vote. He competed against Danielle M. Peterson, Helen Voutsinas and Joseph H. Lorintz. Additionally, he ran on the Republican party line, though there was not a primary for that party. 
General: He faced Danielle M. Peterson, Helen Voutsinas and Joseph H. Lorintz in the general election on November 4, 2014, and won with 25.2 percent of the vote. Candidates competed for two open seats.  

Noteworthy cases

Injunction issued against New York's indoor mask requirement (2022)

See also: Nassau County, New York (Judicial) (Demetriou.; et al., v. New York State Department of Health; et. al, Index No. 61624/2021)

On Jan. 24, 2022, Rademaker issued an injunction pausing enforcement of the New York's mask requirement, ruling that Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) did not have authority to enforce it. He wrote in the order that the law "was promulgated and enacted unlawfully by an executive branch state agency, and therefore void and unenforceable." Hochul released a statement in response to the ruling, saying: "My responsibility as Governor is to protect New Yorkers throughout this public health crisis, and these measures help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and save lives."

Hochul appealed Rademaker's decision. On Jan. 25, Justice Robert J. Miller of the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 2nd Department granted a stay against the injunction.

See also

Local courts	New York	Other local coverage
Local trial court judicial elections, 2017 Courts and judges by county Judicial selection by state Judicial elections	New York elections, 2017 Judicial selection in New York Public policy in New York Endorsers in New York	Municipal elections, 2017 School board elections, 2017 Local ballot measure elections, 2017 Recall elections, 2017

External links

• Nassau County New York, "Board of Elections"