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Maryellen Noreika (born July 12, 1966) is an American lawyer and jurist serving since 2018 as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Biography
Noreika was born in 1966 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She received a Bachelor of Science from Lehigh University in 1988 and a Master of Arts in biology from Columbia University in 1990. She then attended the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where she was a member of the University of Pittsburgh Law Review. She graduated in 1993 with a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, and Order of the Coif membership.[2]
After law school, Noreika entered private practice at the Wilmington, Delaware law firm Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell. During her 25 years at Morris Nichols, Noreika served as counsel in more than 500 cases, while specializing in patent law, and representing parties in cases involving biotechnology, chemistry, consumer products, computer science, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals.[3] Noreika worked at Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell until she became a judge.
Before becoming a judge, she made campaign donations to both Republican and Democratic candidates, but mostly to Republicans.[4][5]
Federal judicial service
On December 20, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Noreika to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, to the seat vacated by Judge Gregory M. Sleet, who assumed senior status on May 1, 2017. Her nomination was part of a bipartisan package of nominees which included Colm Connolly.[6] On February 14, 2018, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee[7] On March 15, 2018, her nomination was reported out of committee by a voice vote.[8] On August 1, 2018, her nomination was confirmed by a voice vote.[9] She received her judicial commission on August 9, 2018.[10] Maryellen Noreika has been considered a potential nominee for a federal judgeship in the Federal Circuit by President Joe Biden.[11]
Notable cases
See also: Weiss special counsel investigation
In 2023, Noreika presided over a case involving Hunter Biden laptop repairman John Paul Mac Isaac. He sued CNN, Politico, Hunter Biden, the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign, and Adam Schiff over allegations they defamed him by claiming the laptop's content was Russian propaganda. Noreika dismissed the part against Schiff, and sent the rest to Delaware Superior Court.[5][12][4]
In 2023, Noreika was assigned to the criminal case against Hunter Biden.[13] In July, Biden was expecting to plead guilty to two tax misdemeanors and enter a diversion program on a gun charge. Noreika declined to accept the deal, pending clarification of its terms by the parties. Biden pleaded not guilty on the tax charges.[14]
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President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden was in federal court on Wednesday as a judge weighed whether to reject or accept the terms of a plea deal he negotiated last month with federal prosecutors.
Judge Maryellen Noreika, who is presiding over the case in Delaware federal court, deferred the plea deal after an hourslong, contentious hearing. She expressed concerns with the structure of the agreement and requested additional briefings from both parties in the coming weeks before determining the next steps.
"I'm not going to say I'm going to accept the agreement, I'm not going to say I'll deny it," she said, acknowledging that her probing threw "a little bit of a curveball" into the proceeding.
### MORE: Hunter Biden live updates
Noreika was confirmed as a district judge in the District of Delaware in August 2018, following a nomination by former President Donald Trump in December 2017 to fill a seat vacated by Gregory Sleet upon his pending retirement.
Noreika worked in private practice from 1993 to 2018 prior to becoming a federal judge, according to her federal biography.
She graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1993. She also holds a graduate degree from Columbia University and a bachelor of science from Lehigh University.
Judge Maryellen Noreika
United States District Court, District of Delaware
The initial plea deal came following a five-year Justice Department probe.
Federal authorities with the U.S. attorney's office in Delaware, led by U.S. Attorney David Weiss, a Trump-era appointee, had been investigating Hunter Biden since 2018.
Prosecutors have examined whether he paid adequate taxes on millions of dollars of his income, including money he made from multiple overseas business ventures. They also explored allegations that Hunter Biden lied about his drug use on a gun application form in 2018, despite later acknowledging that he was addicted to drugs around that time.
In June, Hunter Biden agreed to plead guilty to a pair of tax-related misdemeanors and enter into a pretrial diversion agreement that would enable him to avoid prosecution on one felony gun charge.
After the plea deal fell apart on Wednesday, Hunter Biden entered a not guilty plea to the charges.
### MORE: What to know about the Hunter Biden federal investigations
Republican lawmakers have for weeks publicly decried the plea agreement as a "sweetheart deal."
Ahead of Wednesday's court appearance, Republicans pressed Noreika to consider denying his plea agreement until the court reviews testimony from a pair of IRS whistleblowers.
According to an attorney for the GOP-led House Ways and Means Committee in court documents filed Tuesday, the two whistleblowers have said the younger Biden "appears to have benefitted from political interference which calls into question the propriety of the investigation."
The White House has repeatedly sought to distance the president from the probe. President Joe Biden has said he and his son never discussed his foreign business dealings and there are no indications that the federal investigation has involved the president in any way.
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A pair of IRS whistleblowers doubled down on their previous claims that Justice Department officials stymied their investigation into Hunter Biden's tax affairs during congressional testimony on Wednesday -- allegations disputed by both the Justice Department and the Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney who led the government's case.
Gary Shapley, a 14-year IRS veteran, and Joseph Ziegler, a veteran IRS investigator who had previously been unidentified, sparred with congressional Democrats who presented evidence that appeared to undermine their claims, including U.S. Attorney David Weiss' own assurance that he had "ultimate authority" to bring charges against Hunter Biden.
### MORE: Hunter Biden's lawyer sends cease-and-desist letter to Trump over social media posts
Supervisory IRS Special Agent Gary Shapley (L) and IRS Criminal Investigator Joseph Ziegler are sworn-in as they testify during a House Oversight Committee hearing related to the Justice Department's investigation of Hunter Biden, on Capitol Hill, July 19, 2023.
### MORE: What to know about the Hunter Biden federal investigations
"It was [Weiss'] decision," said Rep. Jamie Raskin, the ranking Democrat. "Isn't that right, Mr. Shapley?"
"No," Shapley said. "That's not supported by the facts."
"Really, well which facts is that not supported by?" Raskin said.
"His own admissions … that I documented contemporaneously," Shapley said.
"But he contradicts what you're saying," Raskin said. "He doesn't agree with what you're saying."
Ziegler, who introduced himself as a Democrat and a gay man, echoed the sentiments conveyed by Shapley and reiterated that he believed that prosecutors "did not appear to follow the normal investigative process."
"It appeared to me, based on what I experienced, that the U.S. Attorney in Delaware in our investigation was constantly hamstrung, limited and marginalized by DOJ officials," Ziegler said in his opening statement. "I still think that a special counsel is necessary for this investigation."
Both whistleblowers reported facing backlash for their decision to come forward, and Shapley said he had “been attacked as incompetent and falsely accused of being a liar, a leaker, or both.” Ziegler reported that his detractors have “said that I am a traitor to the Democratic Party and that I'm causing more division in our society.”
In opening statements of their own, Republicans lauded the whistleblowers as "brave and credible" and "courageous" for their decision to come forward, and called Democrats' efforts to discredit the whistleblowers' testimony as a "vicious smear campaign."
Democrats painted a different picture, defending the investigation into Hunter Biden and accusing Chairman James Comer of turning the panel into "a theater of the absurd and an exercise in futility and embarrassment."
U.S. Attorney's Office
In June, the younger Biden struck a deal with Weiss' office to plead guilty to a pair of tax-related misdemeanors and enter into a diversion program to avoid prosecution on a felony gun charge. He will likely avoid jail time if a judge signs off on the arrangement next week in Delaware.
Republicans decried it as a "sweetheart deal," and have pointed to Shapley's allegations as evidence of a justice system that benefitted the president's son.
But Weiss himself has directly disputed some of Shapley's most troubling claims, notably that Justice Department leaders rebuffed Weiss' request for special counsel status.
"To clarify an apparent misperception and to avoid future confusion, I wish to make one point clear: in this case, I have not requested Special Counsel designation," Weiss wrote earlier this month in a letter to Sen. Lindsey Graham, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
### MORE: Garland responds to IRS whistleblower allegations in Hunter Biden case
As taxpayers evaluate the merit of Shapley's claims, Democrats have sought to highlight Shapley's decision to hire Empower Oversight, a legal and public relations team comprised of former staffers from the office of Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa – one of the Senate's fiercest Biden family critics.
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Maryellen Noreika is a judge on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. She was nominated to the court by President Donald Trump.
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Jul 26, 2023 — Judge Maryellen Noreika, who is presiding over the case in Delaware federal court, deferred the plea deal after an hourslong, contentious hearing.
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Jul 26, 2023 — The federal judge presiding over the Justice Department's case against Hunter Biden is Maryellen Noreika, who serves on the United States District Court for ...
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Jul 26, 2023 — Noreika practiced law in a private firm from 1993 until her confirmation in 2018. She was a patent litigator and partner at the Delaware law firm Morris, ...
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[### Keith Noreika
The Federalist Society
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Noreika's extensive experience includes advising regional and multinational banks on the structuring of their U.S. operations, compliance with the Volcker Rule, ...
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District Judge Maryellen Noreika, address: J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building, 844 N. King Street, Unit 19, Room 4324, Wilmington, DE 19801-3555.
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[### Maryellen Noreika
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Maryellen Noreika (born July 12, 1966) is an American lawyer and jurist serving since 2018 as a United States district judge of the United States District ...
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District Judge Maryellen Noreika, address: J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building, 844 N. King Street, Unit 19, Room 4324, Wilmington, DE 19801-3555.
[### Noreika
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Noreika is a Lithuanian language family name. It was derived from the Lithuanian words norėti, 'to desire' or norus, 'greedy'.
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Maryellen Noreika is a judge on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. She was nominated to the court by President Donald Trump (R) ...
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[### Noreika, Maryellen
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Judge, US District Court for the District of Delaware. Nominated by Donald J. Trump on December 20, 2017, to a seat vacated by Gregory Moneta Sleet.
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Jul 26, 2023 — Noreika was confirmed as a district judge in the District of Delaware in August 2018, following a nomination by former President Donald Trump in ...
[### Hon. Maryellen Noreika
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Judge Noreika graduated from Lehigh University in 1988 with a Bachelor of Science in biology, and she earned her Master of Arts in biology from Columbia ...
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Jul 28, 2023 — Judge Maryellen Noreika lands in the center of the Hunter Biden criminal case. Noreika was nominated by Trump, but had the backing of both Democratic senators ...
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