Arun Subramanian

Arun Subramanian
Subramanian in 2022
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 13, 2023
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded byAlison Nathan
Personal details
Born
Arun Srinivas Subramanian

1979 (age 45–46)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
EducationCase Western Reserve University (BA)
Columbia University (JD)

Arun Srinivas Subramanian (born 1979)[1] is an American lawyer from New York who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Early life and education

Subramanian was born in Pittsburgh to a Tamil family migrating from India, where his father was a control systems engineer and his mother was a bookkeeper.[2][3] He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Case Western Reserve University in 2001 and a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 2004.[4]

Career

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. From 2007 to 2023, he was a partner at the white shoe law firm[5] of Susman Godfrey LLP in New York City, where he focused on commercial law and bankruptcy law.[4][6]

Federal judicial service

Subramanian was recommended to President Joe Biden by Senator Chuck Schumer.[7] On September 2, 2022, President Biden announced his intent to nominate Subramanian to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. On September 6, 2022, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Subramanian to the seat vacated by Judge Alison Nathan, who was elevated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on March 31, 2022.[8] On December 13, 2022, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[9] On January 3, 2023, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate. He was renominated on January 23, 2023.[10] On February 9, 2023, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 16–5 vote.[11] On March 7, 2023, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 58–37 vote.[12] Later that day, his nomination was confirmed by a 59–37 vote.[13] He received his judicial commission on April 13, 2023.[14] He is the first South Asian judge to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.[15]

Notable cases

In October 2024, Subramanian was designated the judge overseeing the criminal case of Sean "Diddy" Combs.[16][17] Subramanian set a trial date for May 5, 2025, alongside issuing an order barring both parties from making statements relating to secret grand jury material and other non-public evidence in the case.[18][19]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  2. ^ "Meet Arun Subramanian".
  3. ^ "Arun Subramanian becomes first Indian-American judge of New York district court". The Times of India. March 8, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "President Biden Names Twenty-Sixth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. September 2, 2022. Retrieved September 2, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ "Arun Subramanian – Nominee to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York". October 31, 2022.
  6. ^ "Biden names Arun Subramanian as New York district court judge". September 5, 2022.
  7. ^ Balk, Tim (June 9, 2022). "Sen. Schumer recommends 3 candidates for spots on federal bench in New York's Eastern, Southern Districts". New York Daily News. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
  8. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. September 6, 2022.
  9. ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. December 12, 2022.
  10. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 23, 2023.
  11. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 9, 2023" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  12. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Arun Subramanian to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York)". United States Senate. March 7, 2023. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  13. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Arun Subramanian, of New York, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York)". United States Senate. March 7, 2023. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  14. ^ Arun Subramanian at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  15. ^ "Biden nominates Arun Subramanian as first South Asian judge for Southern District of New York". New York Daily News. September 2, 2022. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
  16. ^ Melas, Chloe; Planas, Antonio (October 15, 2024). "Sean 'Diddy' Combs' attorneys ask judge to publicly identify his accusers". NBC News. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  17. ^ Segarra, Edward (October 10, 2025). "Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial date set for sex crimes charges". USA Today. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
  18. ^ Neumeister, Larry; Sisak, Michael (October 9, 2024). "Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sex trafficking trial set for May". The Seattle Times. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  19. ^ Scannell, Kara (October 10, 2024). "Judge sets trial date in Sean 'Diddy' Combs racketeering and sex trafficking case". CNN. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
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