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Indian-American Arun Subramaniam has been confirmed as first South Asian District Judge for the Southern District of New York.
In a tweet, Senate Majority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer confirmed the nomination of Mr. Subramanian by a vote of 58-37. Senator Schumer said that Subramanian dedicated his career to fighting for people.
South District New York notably has one of the largest South Asian-American populations in the country
Subramanian was born in Pittsburgh to immigrants from India, where his father was a control systems engineer and his mother was a book keeper. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Case Western Reserve University in 2001 and a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 2004.
From 2004 to 2005, Subramanian served as a law clerk to Judge Dennis Jacobs of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. From 2005 to 2006, he was a law clerk for Judge Gerard E. Lynch of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and from 2006 to 2007, he was a law clerk for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the Supreme Court of the United States. Since 2007, he has been a partner at Susman Godfrey LLP in New York City.Subramanian chairs the firm’s pro bono practice and focuses on consumer protection, antitrust law, bankruptcy law, commercial class actions, and contract and tort litigation.
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