The Hon. Edward P. Suppiger is a magistrate for the Cherokee County Magistrate Court in South Carolina. He was appointed to the bench by Governor Henry McMaster in 2023.
The magistrate court presides over landlord/tenant hearings, summons and complaint cases (to claim disputed funds), claim and delivery cases (to reclaim property), and public sales of abandoned vehicles. Its magistrates also hear criminal and traffic cases, issue warrants and set bonds, and hold preliminary hearings and transfer cases for the county.
Prior to his appointment, Suppiger was a private investigator with Carolina Specialty Investigations, a position to which he was named in 2018. Before that, he spent time as a detective with the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office (2012 to 2018), a police officer with the Blacksburg Police Department (2010 to 2012), and a regional loss prevention manager for The Home Depot (1996 to 2009).
Suppiger earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Columbia College in 2018.