US President Joe Biden nominates Indian-American attorney Arun Subramanian to US District Judge in New York

US President Joe Biden has nominated Indian-American attorney Arun Subramanian to be a US District Judge for the Southern District of New York..A statement released by the White House on September 2 states that if confirmed, Subramanian will be the first South Asian judge to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New YorkSubramanian is one of 8 new federal judicial nominees in Biden’s twenty-sixth round of nominations for federal judicial positions..Subramanian is currently a partner at Susman Godfrey LLP in New York, where he has worked since 2007. Before that he served as a law clerk for three federal judges:For Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court of the United States from 2006 to 2007;For Judge Gerard E Lynch on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York from 2005 to 2006; and For Judge Dennis Jacobs on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 2004 to 2005. .Immediately after his nomination was announced, the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) released a congragulatory statement. In said statement, AB Cruz III, acting president of NAPABA said,“Mr. Subramanian is an experienced trial and appellate attorney with a strong track record of pro bono service. A child of immigrants, he became the first lawyer in his family, and we are proud to see him represent our community. We urge the Senate to swiftly confirm him.”.According to his profile on the Susman Godfrey website, Subramanian has for years served on the pro bono panel for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He also serves as Chairperson of Susman Godfrey’s 2022 Pro Bono Committee.It is also stated that Subramanian has taken up the cause of public entities and whistleblowers in False Claims Act cases, victims of trafficking in child pornography, consumers and individuals injured by unfair and illegal practices, and has for over a decade focused on complex commercial litigation, including antitrust, patent infringement, and breach of contract cases.Subramanian received his Juris Doctor degree from the Colimbia Law School in 2004 and has been a longtime Director of the Columbia Law Review.