Sri Srinivasan

This article is about the United States federal judge. For the technology journalist, see Sreenath Sreenivasan.

Sri Srinivasan
Official portrait, 2013
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Incumbent
Assumed office
February 11, 2020
Preceded byMerrick Garland
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Incumbent
Assumed office
May 24, 2013
Nominated byBarack Obama
Preceded byA. Raymond Randolph
Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States
In office
August 26, 2011 – May 24, 2013
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byNeal Katyal
Succeeded byIan Heath Gershengorn
Personal details
Born
Padmanabhan Srikanth Srinivasan

(1967-02-23) February 23, 1967 (age 57)
Chandigarh, India
SpouseCarla Garrett
Children2
EducationStanford University (BA, JD–MBA)

Padmanabhan Srikanth "Sri" Srinivasan[1] (/ˈsriː ˌsriːniˈvɑːsən/; born February 23, 1967) is an Indian-born American lawyer and jurist serving since 2020 as the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.[2][3] Before becoming a federal judge, Srinivasan served as Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States and argued 25 cases before the United States Supreme Court. He was also a partner at the law firm O'Melveny & Myers and was a lecturer at Harvard Law School.

In 2016, Srinivasan was considered by President Barack Obama as a potential nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States after the death of Antonin Scalia;[4] Obama nominated Merrick Garland instead.

  1. ^ Sri Srinivasan at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  2. ^ Huisman, Matthew (August 26, 2011). "Srinivasan Leaving O'Melveny to Become Deputy Solicitor General". The Blog of Legal Times. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  3. ^ President Obama Nominates Two to Serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Office of the White House Press Secretary. June 11, 2012.
  4. ^ "Sri Srinivasan: potential supreme court nominee could break GOP blockade". The Guardian. The Guardian.