Judge Maxwell Wiley Wikipedia, Age, Bio, Political Party

Maxwell Wiley Biography – Maxwell Wiley Wiki

Maxwell Wiley is a judge of the New York County Supreme Court in New York, NY. He is an acting justice for the New York County Supreme Court, Criminal Term in the 1st Judicial District of New York, according to his biography on the New York Courts website. He was designated to the position by Chief Administrative Judge Jonathan Lippman in 2004.

Wiley is also a judge of the New York Court of Claims. He was appointed to the bench by former Governor George Pataki in 2003. He was subsequently reappointed by former Governor David Paterson in 2009 and former Governor Andrew Cuomo in 2019.

Wiley earned a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School. He was admitted to practice in New York in 1987 and Wisconsin in 1986.

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In 2024, Judge Maxwell Wiley presided over the high-profile case involving former U.S. Marine sergeant Daniel Penny, who was facing charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide for fatally strangling Jordan Neely on a New York City subway car in 2023.

Wiley gained national attention in 2019 for his decision to dismiss fraud charges against former Trump campaign manager, Paul Manafort, citing the state’s double jeopardy law. Wiley determined that Manafort, who was facing multiple felony charges, including mortgage fraud, had been previously tried for the offenses.

Maxwell Wiley Political Party

Is Judge Maxwell Wiley Republican or Democrat? He was appointed to the bench by former Governor George Pataki, a member of the Republican Party, in 2003 and subsequently reappointed by former Governors David Paterson and Andrew Cuomo, members of the Democratic Party, in 2009 and 2019.