ENGORON
Arthur

• 1. Career

Arthur F. Engoron is an American judge serving on the Manhattan Supreme Court since 2013. He is known for presiding over the New York civil investigation of the Trump Organization.

Career

Engoron started his legal career at Olwine, Connelly, Chase, O'Donnell & Weyher, a now-defunct firm in New York City. He then worked for the New York City office of Pryor Cashman from 1981 to 1983, leaving to pursue a musical career. He spent seven years teaching piano and drums. In 1991, he became a law clerk for Martin Schoenfeld, an Administrative Law Judge for the Social Security Administration.

In 2002, Engoron was elected judge to the New York City Civil Court. In 2013, he was appointed acting justice to the Manhattan Supreme Court. He ran unopposed for a permanent position to that court in 2015.

January 11, 2024 was the final day of the New York v. Trump trial—Justice Engoron presiding. (Notably, a member of the Manhattan Supreme Court is titled Justice, although many of the populace and the media are content to use the lesser title, Judge). Before the hearing began that day, Nassau county police (Long Island) announced that they responded to a security incident at Engoron's residence at 5.30am. The Guardian reported that Judge Engoron and his staff have been frequent targets of vitriolic criticism from Donald Trump throughout the case, and that the judge's office has been bombarded with death threats.