Juan Merchan

Juan Merchan
Justice of the New York Supreme Court
Acting
Assumed office
2009
Appointed byAnn Pfau
Personal details
Born
Juan Manuel Merchan

1962 or 1963 (age 61–62)
Bogotá, Colombia
EducationBaruch College (BBA)
Hofstra University (JD)

Juan Manuel Merchan[1] (/mərˈʃɑːn/ mur-SHAHN; born 1962/1963)[2] is a Colombian-born American judge and former prosecutor. He is an acting justice of the New York State Supreme Court in New York County (Manhattan). He presided over the 2024 criminal trial of former US president Donald Trump, in which Trump was convicted. Merchan is the first judge in history to preside over the criminal indictment and conviction of a US President, and the first judge to hold a President in criminal contempt of court.

  1. ^ "Judges Profiles: Juan Merchan". New York Law Journal. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  2. ^ Gregorian, Dareh; Reiss, Adam (March 31, 2023). "Who's Judge Juan Merchan? Trump says he 'hates me' but lawyers say he's fair". NBC News. Retrieved April 1, 2023.