Indian-American Srikanth Srinivasan's Nomination to the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit was unanimously approved by the Senate on Thursday, with 97 voting in favour.
Srikanth Srinivasan was first nominated by Obama on June 11, 2012. On January 2, 2013, his nomination was returned to the President, due to the sine die adjournment of the Senate. On January 3, 2013, Obama re-nominated him for the same office.
Srikanth Srinivasan made history as the first South Asian on the U S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
About Srikanth Srinivasan
- was born in Chandigarh, and grew up in Lawrence, Kansas.
- received his BA with honours and distinction in 1989 from Stanford University and his JD (Juris Doctor) with distinction in 1995 from Stanford Law School, where he was elected to Order of the Coif and served as an editor of the Stanford Law Review
- also holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, which he received along with his JD in 1995
- began his legal career by serving as a law clerk for Judge J Harvie Wilkinson on the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from 1995 to 1996
- received the Attorney General's Award for Excellence in furthering US national security in 2003 and the Office of the Secretary of Defence Award for Excellence in 2005.
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