Juan Merchan | |
|---|---|
| Justice of the New York Supreme Court | |
Acting | |
| Assumed office 2009 | |
| Appointed by | Ann Pfau |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Juan Manuel Merchan 1962 or 1963 (age 61–62) Bogotá, Colombia |
| Education | Baruch 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.