The White House March 30 announced that President Joe Biden declared his intent to nominate Indian American attorney Rupa Ranga Puttagunta for Superior Court Judge for the District of Columbia.
Puttagunta was joined by 10 individuals who were nominated by Biden to serve as Federal Circuit and District Court judges, including Pakistani American Zahid N. Quraishi, the release said.
These highly-qualified candidates reflect the presidentâs deeply-held conviction that the federal bench should reflect the full diversity of the American people â both in background and in professional experience, the news release said.
This group of nominees comprise attorneys who have excelled in the legal field in a wide range of positions, including as renowned jurists, public defenders, prosecutors, in the private sector, in the military, and as public servants at all levels of government, it said.
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