Deborah H. Karalunas

Profile data snapshot: February 19, 2026 Details may have changed since.

As of February 19, 2026, Judge Deborah H. Karalunas presides in the Supreme Court of Onondaga County, having served on the bench for 24 years. Judge Karalunas was most recently elected to the bench for a term beginning in 2017 and ending in 2026.

Judicial metrics

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Publication Rate: 0.8 decisions per year

Higher than 71.16% of judges in the dataset

10 published decisions over 13 years

Public Discipline: 0 determinations

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Suppression Reversal Rate

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Excessive Sentence Findings

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Excessive Sentence Reductions

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Reassigned Reversals

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Favored Commercial Bonds

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Blocked Affordable Bail

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Disproportionate Carcerality

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Published Decisions

10 decisions

2023

Jocko v. TJM Syracuse, LLC

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2021

6593 Weighlock Dr., LLC v. Springhill SMC Corp.

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2021

Inner Harbor Phase I, L.P. v. COR Inner Harbor Co., LLC

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2020

Motondo v. City of Syracuse

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2020

City of Syracuse v. Syracuse Police Benevolent Assn., Inc.

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2018

Wilmington Sav. Fund Socy., FSB v. Fernandez

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2014

Varano v. FORBA Holdings, LLC

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2014

Altshuler Shaham Provident Funds, LTD. v. GML Tower LLC

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2014

Varano v. FORBA Holdings, LLC

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2013

Varano v. FORBA Holdings, LLC

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NYSCEF Decisions

3 decisions (not counted in Publication Rate calculations)

2019

Village of Manlius v. Town of Manlius Prof. Firefighters Assn., IAFF Local #3316

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2018

Conklin v. Laxen

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2017

Hart Lyman Constr., LLC v. Bergin

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