Arthur F. Engoron (/ɛŋˈɡɔːrɑːn/ en-GOR-on;[1] born 1948 or 1949[2]) is an American judge serving on the New York Supreme Court since 2013.
[5] He spent four years as a drummer before enrolling at the New York University School of Law,[3] and received his Juris Doctor in 1979.
[2][6] Engoron started his legal career at Olwine, Connelly, Chase, O'Donnell & Weyher, a now-defunct firm in New York City.
Before the hearing began that day, Nassau County police announced that they had responded to a security incident at Engoron's residence at 5.30am.
The Guardian reported that 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.