NEW DELHI: The Manhattan Federal District Court of New York named Arun Subramanian as its first judge of Indian descent.
The promotion of Subramanian was made public by the Senate Judiciary Committee, which in the United States oversees judicial appointments.
In September 2022, US President Joe Biden announced Subramanian's nomination to serve as a judge on the Southern District Court of New York.
He has worked as a clerk at every level of the federal judiciary and has been closely involved in every facet of civil litigation. Moreover, he is the first South Asian judge to hold this position, as the Committee stated in a tweet.
President Biden has now nominated 143 people for judicial vacancies, making this the twenty-sixth round. According to a statement from the White House, this is the president's twelfth round of nominees for 2023.
Subramanian earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2001 from Case Western Reserve University and a Juris Doctor (JD) in 2004 from the esteemed Columbia Law School.
Since 2007, he has been employed with Susman Godfrey LLP in New York, where he currently holds the position of partner. More than a billion dollars have been successfully recovered by Arun for defrauded public and commercial entities.
Subramanian has also served as a law clerk for one year with the famed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who was part of some of the most momentous judgements in the recent history of the US.
She was a well-liked personality in progressive circles and a tenacious supporter of minority and women's rights.
According to Susman Godfrey's official website, he also served as a law clerk for Judge Dennis Jacobs on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 2004 to 2005 and Judge Gerard E. Lynch on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York from 2005 to 2006.
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