The Hon. John A. Schuppenhauer is a part-time judge for the Canandaigua City Court in Ontario County in the Seventh Judicial District of New York. He has sat on the City Court bench since 1996.
Judge Schuppenhauer graduated with his B.A. in political science from Ohio State University in 1972. He also holds an M.P.A. from Northern University (1973) and a J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law (1976).
Besides his judicial position, Schuppenhauer has worked in private practice as a partner at Chamberlain, D’Amanda, Oppenheimer, and Greenfield LLP and at his own law practice, The Schuppenhauer Law Firm, where he practices alongside his daughter. The family law firm specializes in estates and estate planning, real estate, personal injury, criminal and corporate law, adoptions, and guardianship matters.
Schuppenhauer has also served as chairman of the Canandaigua Area Chamber of Commerce and a past president of the ARC of New York. His other memberships have included the Ontario County ARC, the Ontario County Chapter of the American Heart Association, the Canandaigua Kiwanis Club, the Ontario County Pretrial Release Service, and the Sonnenberg Gardens.
In 2018, Judge Schuppenhauer received the Mr. Canandaigua Award from the Canandaigua Chamber of Commerce.
He was born and raised in Canandaigua, New York. Away from the bench, he enjoys playing golf and traveling.
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