Arun Subramanian becomes first Indian-American judge of New York district court

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Category : International Published on: March 10 2023

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Attorney Arun Subramanian has become the first Indian American to become the Judge of the Manhattan Federal District Court of New York.
He is also the first South Asian judge to serve on this bench.
Earlier, in September 2022, US President Joe Biden announced the nomination of Mr Subramanian for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Mr Subramanian received his Juris Doctor (J.D) from Columbia Law School in 2004 and his BA from Case Western Reserve University in 2001.
Mr Subramanian also served as a law clerk for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court of the United States from 2006 to 2007.
Arun Subramanian currently serves as Chairperson of Susman Godfrey's 2022 Pro Bono Committee and is also a longtime Director of the Columbia Law Review, one of the Nation's pre-eminent legal journals.