Sri Srinivasan
Sri Srinivasan | |
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Official portrait, 2013 | |
| 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 – May 24, 2013 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Neal Katyal |
| Succeeded by | Ian Heath Gershengorn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Padmanabhan Srikanth Srinivasan February 23, 1967 |
| Education | Stanford University (BA, JD–MBA) |
Padmanabhan Srikanth "Sri" Srinivasan (/ˈsriː ˌsriːniˈvɑːsən/; 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.