*In the fall of 2011, Karen Uplinger and fellow Democrat Rory McMahon ran to fill two seats on the bench for Syracuse city court judge. Both were elected. Information is from 2011.
Biography
Occupation: City Court judge
Education and Bar Admissions: B.A. from University of Kansas; attended Marshall Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary in Virginia; admitted to the New York Bar 1976, The U. S. District Court Northern District of NY 1980, the U. S. Supreme Court 1982
Family: Brother and sister in law, nephew and two nieces
Community Involvement: Nat. Assoc. of Women Judges-Board Member for New York State; Association of City Court Judges-Third Vice President; Women’s Bar of the State of NY and Central NY Women’s Bar Assoc. Past Officer of both; Member of Onondaga County Bar Association-past board member; Aurora of CNY, Inc., past board member; Numerous other community organizations
Past Offices
Syracuse Common Council 1992-1999, 5th District Councilor, Majority Leader, Minority Leader, President Pro Tem, various committees.
Executive Counsel to the Speaker of the Assembly 1989, 1990
Democratic County Committee member and 19th Ward Chair-prior to election to the bench.
Labor Endorsements
Greater Syracuse labor Council
Organization Endorsements
Found Qualified by the Independent Judicial Qualifications Commissions, Found Qualified and Commended by the Central New York women’s Bar Association, Endorsed by the Working Families Party and the Veterans Party, Candidate for the Democratic Party, Independence Party and Working Families Party
Contact Information
City of Syracuse/Criminal Courts Building
505 South State St.
Syracuse, N.Y. 13202
(315)671-2794
Committee to ReElect Karen Uplinger City Court Judge
P.O. Box 369
East Syracuse, NY 13057
