Padmanabhan Srikanth "Sri" Srinivasan (; 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.
Srikanth Srinivasan
District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Born 1967 in Chandigarh, India
FJC ID: 3477
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- Asian American
Prior employment
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 2020–present
U.S. Department of JusticePrincipal deputy solicitor general · 2011–2013- Private practice, Washington, D.C.1998–2002, 2007–2011
- U.S. Department of JusticeAssistant to the solicitor general · 2002–2007
Law clerk , Hon. Sandra Day O'Connor · 1997–1998- Office of the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of JusticeBristow Fellow · 1996–1997
Law clerk , Hon. J. Harvie Wilkinson III · 1995–1996
Appointments
2013–present
2013–present · Appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Education
J.D. · 1995- Stanford Graduate School of BusinessM.B.A. · 1995
- Stanford UniversityB.A. · 1989