Sri Srinivasan
American United States Circuit Judge / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Padmanabhan Srikanth "Sri" Srinivasan (born February 23, 1967) is an American jurist. He is the United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit since May 2013.[1][2]
Quick Facts Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Preceded by ...
Sri Srinivasan | |
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Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | |
Assumed office February 11, 2020 | |
Preceded by | Merrick Garland |
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | |
Assumed office May 24, 2013 | |
Appointed by | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | A. Raymond Randolph |
Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States | |
In office August 26, 2011 ā May 24, 2013 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Neal Katyal |
Succeeded by | Ian Heath Gershengorn |
Personal details | |
Born | Padmanabhan Srikanth Srinivasan (1967-02-23) February 23, 1967 (age 57) Chandigarh, India |
Education | Stanford University (BA, JD, MBA) |
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He was confirmed by the United States Senate by a vote of 97ā0 on May 23, 2013. Before being confirmed as a judge he was the Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States. He has argued 25 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. He was also a lecturer at Harvard Law School.
Srinivasan also is known for having represented former Enron executive Jeffrey Skilling in his appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court, Skilling v. United States (2010).