Identity

About Juan M. Merchan

This site is case-file commentary on official acts by a public figure. Titles and dates come from New York court captions, a judicial-directory extract, and his signed orders. Identity confidence: high. No free-license portrait was available; none was generated. Episodes live on the home case file.

Documented roles

• Education / bar. B.B.A., Baruch College, 1990; J.D., Hofstra, 1994; New York bar, 1996. Directory extract and Justia lawyer profile (secondary).
• 1994–~1999. Manhattan District Attorney’s Office — widely reported. Treated here as reported, not as a personnel file.
• ~1999–2006. New York State Attorney General regional roles (Ballotpedia secondary). Reported.
• 2006–2015. New York City Family Court, Bronx (directory extract).
• 2009–present. Acting Justice, Supreme Court, New York County, Criminal Term (directory extract). Letterhead on an April 8, 2024 jury-selection letter: Judge of the Court of Claims; Supreme Court, Criminal Term, First Judicial District. nycourts.gov PDF · Archive copy.
• Court of Claims. Directory extract: terms associated with Govs. Paterson and Cuomo (2009–2018 and 2019–2027). Official bio page: NYS judicial directory (Cloudflare-gated; listing confirmed via search).
• 2023–2025. Presiding judge, People v. Donald J. Trump, Indictment No. 71543/2023, as recited in his February 15, 2024 Decision and Order.

What this site is not

It is not a finding that Justice Merchan committed a crime. A recusal motion is not a conflict finding. An ethics opinion is not a jury verdict. A House letter is not a court order. FEC line-items are donations, not a conviction. Family members are not the officeholder; this site does not invent their titles or revenues. No House impeachment articles apply to this NY state judge as framed on federal-judge companion sites.

It is not a White House product. Read the case file and the disclaimer.