Thomas F. O’Mara is a partner in the law firm of Davidson & O’Mara, P.C. in Elmira, New York.  The firm has a general practice with an emphasis in litigation.  He is also the Chemung County Attorney and counsel to the Chemung County Industrial Development Agency.

 

Tom is a graduate of Syracuse University College of Law with a Juris Doctorate in 1991, The Catholic University of America with a B.A and Horseheads High School.  He is a native of Chemung County and presently lives in Horseheads with his wife, Marilyn, and three children, Caroline, Catherine and Thomas.

 

From 1991 thru 1994 Mr. O’Mara served as an Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney’s Office in Manhattan with assignments in the Trial and Special Prosecutions Bureaus.  He returned to the Southern Tier in 1994 as an attorney with the Davidson & O’Mara firm and also served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Chemung County District Attorney’s Office from 1997 to 1999.  In 1999, Governor George Pataki appointed him Chemung County District Attorney.  He returned to private practice in January 2000.  In March 2001 he was appointed to serve as Chemung County Attorney by County Executive Thomas Santulli.

 

Tom O’Mara is a member of the Southern Tier Economic Growth Board of Directors, Southern Tier Organization to Reform Medicaid,  Schuyler County Partnership for Economic Development, and the New York State Judicial Screening Committee for Chemung County. 

 

He is also a member and Secretary of the St. Joseph’s Hospital (Elmira) Board, a Trustee of the Horseheads Free Library, and a Board member of the Wings of Eagles(formerly National Warplane Museum).  He was the 2001/2002 Chairman of the American Red Cross – Chemung/Schuyler Chapter and a Director for seven years. 

 

He is a member of the NRA, the Horseheads Elks and the Mountour Falls Moose.  He is a member of the New York State County Attorneys Association, the New York State District Attorneys Association, and the New York State and Chemung County Bar Associations.

 

Tom is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys fishing and camping in our beautiful Central New York region.