Identity

About Paul A. Engelmayer

This site is case-file commentary on official acts by a public figure. Titles and dates come from the Federal Judicial Center, the S.D.N.Y. chambers page, and the Senate roll call. Identity confidence: high. Episodes live on the home case file.

Paul A. Engelmayer, U.S. courts official still — Paul A. Engelmayer. Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts official still, 16 February 2017. U.S. government work. Wikimedia Commons File:Paul_A._Engelmayer.jpg.

Paul Adam Engelmayer is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The Federal Judicial Center directory and the court’s chambers page identify the same person. This page is identity only.

Documented roles

Training. Born 1961, New York, NY (FJC). B.A., Harvard College, 1983; J.D., Harvard Law School, 1987. Reporter, Wall Street Journal, 1983–1984. Clerk to Judge Patricia M. Wald, D.C. Circuit, 1987–1988; clerk to Justice Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court, 1988–1989. FJC.
1989–1999. AUSA, S.D.N.Y. (with intervals); deputy chief appellate attorney (1994); chief, Major Crimes Unit (1996–1999). Assistant to the Solicitor General, DOJ, 1994–1996. FJC.
2000–2011. Private practice, New York City (WilmerHale per SDNY materials). FJC / chambers.
February 2, 2011. Nominated by President Obama to S.D.N.Y.
July 26, 2011. Senate confirmation 98–0 (Roll Call 117 Ex.). Senate.gov.
July 27, 2011–present (as of 2026-09-09). Commissioned; active district judge. FJC; SDNY.

What this site is not

Not a court. Not affiliated with Judge Engelmayer or S.D.N.Y. Not a conviction page. See the disclaimer.