Hon. Juan Manuel Merchan (Juan M. Merchan) is an Acting Justice of the New York Supreme Court, New York County, Criminal Term, and a Judge of the Court of Claims. Chambers are at 100 Centre Street. He presided over People v. Donald J. Trump, Indictment No. 71543/2023. This page is identity. The episodes live in the posts. This is not the biography he would write.
Identity
About Juan M. Merchan
Titles and dates come from New York court captions, a judicial-directory extract, and his signed orders. Emphasis is the compiler’s. No free-license portrait of him was used; none was generated. Identity confidence: high. The name is distinctive in U.S. public life.
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 (Fox, Daily Wire). Confirm against the official directory bio if the Cloudflare gate is down. 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, appointment associated with Mayor Bloomberg (directory extract; Daily Wire / Fox reporting).
- 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.
- 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, accessed 2026-08-22 UTC).
- 2023–2025. Presiding judge, People v. Donald J. Trump, Indictment No. 71543/2023, as reciting 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.
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