Donald Trump nominates Indian-American attorney to federal judgeship | World News, The Indian Express

Donald Trump nominates Indian-American attorney to federal judgeship | World News, The Indian Express

By PTI |Washington |Updated: September 1, 2019 5:04:39 pm

Donald Trump nominates Indian-American attorney to federal judgeship

If confirmed, Matthews will be the first Asian Pacific American woman and first Indian-American to serve as an Article III federal judge in the Southern District, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) said.

Currently, Shireen Matthews is a partner at Jones Day, the fifth-largest law firm in the country, in San Diego. (Photo courtesy: Jones Day)

President Donald Trump has nominated prominent Indian-American attorney Shireen Mathews as a judge of the US District Court for the Southern District of California.