US President Barack Obama has nominated yet another Indian-American, Indira Talwani, to the key post of US District Court judge in Massachusetts. It comes close on the heels of two other judicial nominations by him: Vince Chhabria and Manish Shah, both awaiting Senate confirmation.
Talwani is currently a partner at Segal Roitman llP in Boston, Massachusetts, where she focuses her practice on civil litigation at the State and federal trial court and appellate levels. Prior to that, Talwani was a partner at the San Francisco law firm, Altshuler Berzon llP, from 1996 to 1999.
Talwani received her J.D. in 1988 from Boalt Hall School of law at the University of California, Berkeley and her B.A. cum laude in 1982 from Harvard College.
“Indi is a committed attorney with an exceptional record. She is admired by her peers. We are extremely excited that another deserving South Asian has been nominated to the judiciary,” President of North American South Asian Bar Association, Nadeem Bezar, said on Talwani’s nomination.
