Sri Srinivasan

Sri Srinivasan
Official portrait, 2013
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Assumed office
February 11, 2020
Preceded byMerrick Garland
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Assumed office
May 24, 2013
Appointed 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
BornPadmanabhan Srikanth Srinivasan
(1967-02-23) February 23, 1967
EducationStanford University (BA, JD–MBA)

Padmanabhan Srikanth "Sri" Srinivasan (/ˈsr ˌsrniˈvɑːsən/; born February 23, 1967) is an American lawyer and jurist serving since 2020 as the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. 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; Obama nominated Merrick Garland instead.