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Sanket J. Bulsara - Wikipedia

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Sanket J. Bulsara


Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Designate
Assuming office TBD
Appointed by	Joe Biden
Succeeding	Joan Azrack
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Incumbent
Assumed office November 2, 2017

Personal details
Born	Sanket Jayshukh Bulsara^[1] 1976 (age 47–48) The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Education	Harvard University (BA, JD)

Sanket Jayshukh Bulsara (born 1976)^[2] is an American lawyer who has served as a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York since 2017. He is the designate to serve as a United States district judge of the same court.

Education

Bulsara received a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Harvard College in 1998 and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, cum laude, in 2002.^[3]

Career

Bulsara served as a law clerk for Judge John G. Koeltl of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York from 2002 to 2003. From 2003 to 2004, he was associate at Munger, Tolles & Olson in Los Angeles. For six months between 2007 and 2008 he served as a special assistant district attorney at the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office. He worked at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr as an associate from 2005 to 2008, a counsel from 2009 to 2011, and a partner from 2012 to 2015. From 2015 to 2017, he served as the deputy general counsel for appellate litigation, adjudication, and enforcement; serving as the acting general counsel of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission from January 2017 to May 2017.^[3]

Nomination to district court

Since 2017, Bulsara has served as a United States magistrate judge of the Eastern District of New York. He was sworn in on November 2, 2017, by Chief Judge Dora Irizarry.^[4]

On February 7, 2024, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Bulsara to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.^[5] On February 8, 2024, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Bulsara to the seat being vacated by Judge Joan Azrack, who will assume senior status on December 19, 2024.^[6] On March 6, 2024, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.^[7] During his confirmation hearing, he was questioned by Senator Mike Lee about his membership in the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, which has put out statements supporting sanctuary cities and opposing a ban on transgender athletes playing female school sports.^[8] On April 11, 2024, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–9 vote.^[9] On May 15, 2024, the United States Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 52–42 vote.^[10] Later that day, his nomination was confirmed by a 51–42 vote.^[11] He is awaiting his judicial commission.

References

^ "Sanket Jayshukh Bulsara Profile | New York, NY Lawyer | Martindale.com". www.martindale.com. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "President Biden Names Forty-Fifth Round of Judicial Nominees and One New Nominee to Serve as U.S. Marshal" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. February 7, 2024. Retrieved February 7, 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Abruzzese, Rob (November 6, 2017). "Judge Sanket Bulsara sworn in as federal magistrate judge during investiture ceremony". Brooklyn Eagle. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
^ "Ex-Wilmer Partner Among Biden's Latest District Court Picks". www.law360.com. February 7, 2024. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. February 8, 2024.
^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. March 6, 2024.
^ Weiss, Benjamin S. "Biden judicial noms get only light prodding from Judiciary Committee Republicans". Courthouse News. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – April 11, 2024" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Sanket Jayshukh Bulsara to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York)". United States Senate. May 15, 2024. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Sanket Jayshukh Bulsara, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York)". United States Senate. May 15, 2024. Retrieved May 15, 2024.

External links

Sanket J. Bulsara at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
Sanket J. Bulsara at Ballotpedia

Legal offices
Preceded by Joan Azrack	Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York Taking office 2024	Designate

v t e Active district judges of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Connecticut	Shea Meyer Bolden Dooley Nagala Williams Oliver Russell
E. New York	Brodie Chen Azrack Donnelly Hall Kovner Komitee Brown Gujarati Gonzalez Morrison Merchant Choudhury Merle Reyes Bulsara (Designate)
N. New York	Sannes Hurd D'Agostino Nardacci 1 seat vacant
S. New York	Swain Koeltl Karas Seibel Oetken Engelmayer Ramos Carter Furman Abrams Schofield Failla Torres Román Broderick Woods Caproni Vyskocil Liman Halpern Cronan Rochon Rearden Subramanian Clarke Ho Garnett Vargas
W. New York	Wolford Vilardo Sinatra Vacca
Vermont	Reiss Lanthier

Education

Career

Nomination to district court

See also

References

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