Neil Vincent Wake (born July 2, 1948) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.

Born in Phoenix, Arizona, Wake received a Bachelor of Arts from Arizona State University in 1971 and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1974.

[citation needed] On October 22, 2003, Wake was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona vacated by Paul Gerhardt Rosenblatt.

He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 12, 2004, and received his commission three days later.

[1] Wake has presided over a number of notable cases: