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'''Padmanabhan Srikanth''' "'''Sri'''" '''Srinivasan'''<ref name="FJCBio">{{FJC Bio|nid=1394216|inline=yes}}</ref> ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|r|iː|_|ˌ|s|r|iː|n|i|ˈ|v|ɑː|s|ən}}; born February 23, 1967) is an Indian-born American lawyer and jurist serving since 2020 as the [[United States federal judge|chief judge]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit|U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]].<ref name=blt_20110826>{{cite news |first=Matthew |last=Huisman |url=http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2011/08/srinivasan-leaving-omelveny-to-become-dojs-deputy-solicitor-general.html |title=Srinivasan Leaving O'Melveny to Become Deputy Solicitor General |work=[[Legal Times|The Blog of Legal Times]] |date=August 26, 2011 |access-date=August 27, 2011}}</ref><ref>[https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/06/11/president-obama-nominates-two-serve-us-court-appeals-district-columbia-c President Obama Nominates Two to Serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]. Office of the White House Press Secretary. June 11, 2012.</ref> Before becoming a federal judge, Srinivasan served as Principal Deputy [[United States Solicitor General|Solicitor General of the United States]] and argued 25 cases before the [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]]. He was also a [[partner (business rank)|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]];<ref>{{cite news|title=Sri Srinivasan: potential supreme court nominee could break GOP blockade|url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/feb/24/sri-srinivasan-potential-obama-supreme-court-nominee-senate-republicans|agency=The Guardian|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> Obama nominated [[Merrick Garland]] instead.