--- title: "John Cherundolo | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/john-cherundolo-14635" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # John Cherundolo New York Supreme Court, Onondaga County · Acting Justice ## Profile - Court: New York Supreme Court, Onondaga County - State: New York - Role: Acting Justice - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge on the Court of Claims and the Onondaga County Supreme Court from 2006 to 2014 - Judge, New York Court of Claims, 2006-2014 - Before joining the judiciary, Cherundolo was a founding partner of Cherundolo, Bottar, and Leone, P.C., litigating medical malpractice, product liability, workplace accidents, and transportation-related cases After retiring from the bench, he founded Cherundolo Law Firm PLLC in 2013, continuing his focus on tort-based litigation - John C. Cherundolo was an Acting Justice of the Onondaga County Supreme Court in New York’s Fifth Judicial District and a judge of the New York State Court of Claims, serving from 2006 until his retirement in 2013 - Appointments: In 2006, Governor George Pataki appointed Cherundolo to the New York State Court of Claims, and the same year Chief Administrative Judge Jonathan Lippman appointed him to the Onondaga County Supreme Court - Partner, Cherundolo, Bottar & Leone, P.C., NY, ?-present - Notable role: As Acting Supreme Court Justice, he presided over complex civil cases in the Fifth Judicial District ### Education - Temple University — LL.M. (2011) - Syracuse University — J.D., 1973; public administration studies, 1972 ### Additional information - Service: He served in both roles until 2013, when he retired from the bench - Prior to becoming a judge, Cherundolo practiced law as a partner of the firm Cherundolo, Bottar & Leone, P.C. - After leaving the courts, he formed the Cherundolo Law Firm, PLLC. - B.A. - Cherundolo is recognized for securing some of the largest verdicts in Upstate New York, including multi-million-dollar settlements in medical malpractice, product liability, and catastrophic injury cases ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### recording and photography Scope: statewide New York statewide rules require permission before photographing, filming, videotaping, audiotaping, broadcasting, or telecasting in court facilities, including courtrooms. Evidence excerpt: Taking photographs, films or videotapes, or audiotaping, broadcasting or telecasting, in a courthouse including any courtroom, office or hallway thereof, at any time or on any occasion, whether or not the court is in session, is forbidden, unless permission of the Chief Administrator of the Courts or a designee of the Chief Administrator is first obtained [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### evidence presentation control Scope: statewide The official Guide to New York Evidence identifies court control over presentation of evidence as a statewide evidence topic; counsel should expect the assigned judge to control the mode and order of proof. Evidence excerpt: 1.07. COURT CONTROL OVER PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE [Guide to New York Evidence: Article 1, General Provisions and Court's Role](https://www.nycourts.gov/judges/evidence/1-GENERAL/1-generalprovisions.shtml) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14635/john-cherundolo/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14635/john-cherundolo/) - [New York Supreme Court, Onondaga County current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14635/john-cherundolo/) - [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true) - [Guide to New York Evidence: Article 1, General Provisions and Court's Role](https://www.nycourts.gov/judges/evidence/1-GENERAL/1-generalprovisions.shtml) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14635/john-cherundolo/) - [John C. Cherundolo - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/John_C._Cherundolo) - [John Cherundolo, Esq. | America’s Top 100 Attorneys](https://www.americastop100attorneys.com/listing/john-cherundolo-esq) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/john-cherundolo-14635", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/john-cherundolo-14635", "name": "John Cherundolo | KnowJudges", "description": "John Cherundolo, New York Supreme Court, Onondaga County. 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[Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-200-uniform-rules-courts-exercising-criminal-jurisdiction). Collected 2026-10-27. - [22 NYCRR Part 202 — Uniform Civil Rules Supreme Court And County Court](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/ny-shared-set-bf1c7eb9020e52eed65d) — Civil actions and proceedings only; section-specific and specialized-part restrictions remain applicable. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-202-uniform-civil-rules-supreme-court-and-county-court). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-99a7824bb8e009643f842c03) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true). Collected 2026-07-26. - [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-34fe480ab82f22fa3c31d257) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true). Collected 2026-07-26.