PRESDIENT OBAMA NAMES INDIAN-AMERICAN AS FEDERAL JUDGE
Indian-American
legal luminary Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan has been nominated by
President Barack Obama to the US court of appeals for the American
capital. Noting that "This important court is often called the Nation's
second-highest court," he said: "Srinivasan will be a trailblazer and
will serve the court with distinction and excellence."
Srinivasan, 45, last
year was named Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the US,
succeeding Indian American, Neal Kumar Katyal, which created history in
becoming the first South Asian to be ever nominated to the circuit
court. "Sri Srinivasan is a dedicated public servant who will bring
tremendous experience, intellect, and integrity to the US Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit," Obama said.
Srinivasan began his
legal career by serving as a law clerk for Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson
on the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. He received the Attorney
General's Award for Excellence in Furthering US National Security in
2003 and the Office of the Secretary of Defense Award for Excellence in
2005.
Srinivasan was born
in Chandigarh and grew up in Lawrence, Kansas. He received his BA with
honors and distinction from Stanford University and his JD with
distinction from Stanford Law School. He also holds an MBA from the
Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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