US President Barack
Obama has nominated Indian-American, Srikanth Srinivasan to a key
judiciary position and termed him as a trailblazer.
In
2007, Srinivasan became a partner with OMelveny & Myers LLP. In
2011, he was named the Chair of the firms Appellate Practice Group. He
was named as the Principal Deputy Solicitor General in August 2011.
Srinivasan
has been nominated to serve on the US Court of Appeals for the District
of Columbia Circuit along with Caitlin Halligan.
"Caitlin
Halligan and Sri Srinivasan are dedicated public servants who will
bring their tremendous experience, intellect, and integrity to the US
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit," Obama said.
"This
important court is often called the Nation's second-highest court, and
it stands more than a quarter vacant. Srinivasan will be a trailblazer
and, like Halligan, will serve the court with distinction and
excellence," Obama added.
Born in Chandigarh and brought up in Kansas, Srinivasan is the Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the US.
"He
is a highly-respected appellate advocate who has spent a distinguished
career litigating before the US Supreme Court and the US Courts of
Appeals, both on behalf of the United States and in private practice," the White House 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 from 1995 to
1996.
He
then spent a year as a Bristow Fellow in the Office of the Solicitor
General before clerking for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor during the
Supreme Court's 1997-98 term.
He was an associate at the law firm of OMelveny & Myers LLP in Washington, DC, from 1998 until 2002. In 2002, he returned to the Solicitor General's Office as an Assistant, representing the US in litigation before the Supreme Court.
