Sri Srinivasan

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 by	Merrick Garland
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Incumbent
Assumed office May 24, 2013
Nominated 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 (1967-02-23) February 23, 1967 (age 57) Chandigarh, India
Children	2
Education	Stanford University (BA, JD–MBA)

Padmanabhan Srikanth "Sri" Srinivasan^[1] (/ˈsriː ˌsriːniˈvɑːsən/; born February 23, 1967) is an Indian-born American lawyer and jurist serving 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.