[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 7, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S667]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                     Nomination of Arun Subramanian

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, today, the Senate will vote to confirm 
Arun Subramanian to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District 
of New York.
  Mr. Subramanian attended Case Western Reserve University and Columbia 
Law School. After graduating, he went on to clerk at all levels of the 
Federal judiciary--first for Judge Dennis Jacobs on the Second Circuit 
Court of Appeals, then for Judge Gerard E. Lynch on the U.S. District 
Court for the Southern District of New York, and finally for Justice 
Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court.
  Mr. Subramanian then entered private practice in Manhattan, where he 
has focused on complex civil litigation. His work has covered a wide 
variety of issue areas, including State and Federal false claims, 
commercial and employment contract disputes, tort actions, securities, 
antitrust, fraud, and patent litigation. Mr. Subramanian has also 
dedicated hundreds of hours to his pro bono work, and he also 
coordinates his law firm's pro bono activities.
  He was unanimously rated ``well qualified'' by the ABA and received a 
bipartisan vote in committee. In addition, he has the strong support of 
his home State Senators--Mr. Schumer and Mrs. Gillibrand--and his 
Supreme Court co-clerks. His fellow clerks emphasized that they had 
witnessed Mr. Subramanian's ``collegial, candid, and fair-minded 
temperament.''
  Given his significant litigation experience and strong ties to the 
Southern District of New York, Mr. Subramanian will make an excellent 
addition to the District Court bench. I strongly support his nomination 
and urge my colleagues to do the same.
  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, today, the Senate confirms a first-rate 
legal mind, someone I was proud to champion to the President for a 
lifetime appointment to the Federal bench, Arun Subramanian of New 
York.
  Mr. Subramanian is the epitome of the American dream and a 
historymaker: The child of hard-working immigrants from India, he will 
become the first South Asian to preside in the Southern District, which 
has one of the largest South Asian populations in the country.
  Mr. Subramanian's resume tells a very clear story. He is excellent. 
He is accomplished. He has dedicated his entire career fighting for 
average Americans. He served as a law clerk to Judge Dennis Jacobs on 
the Second Circuit, Judge Gerard Lynch in the Southern District of New 
York, and the late, great Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
  He is an expert in consumer protection, with years of experience 
defending those injured by unfair, illegal practices. He also defended 
victims of child trafficking and pornography.
  Our courts need more people like Arun Subramanian. I am proud to 
support his confirmation. I thank my colleagues on both sides of the 
aisle for supporting him today.
  Once we confirm Mr. Subramanian, this U.S. Senate majority will have 
confirmed 114 judges to the bench: 30 circuit court judges, 83 district 
court judges, and 1 incredible Supreme Court Justice in Ketanji Brown 
Jackson. Of those 114 nominations, 82 are women, 78 are people of 
color, and, again, Mr. Subramanian is the first South Asian judge 
confirmed to the Southern District of New York.
  Because of the work done by this majority, our Federal judiciary is 
far more balanced, far more diverse, far more experienced than the one 
we just had 2 years ago. It is something every American can be proud 
of.
  I yield the floor.