In the final round of the judicial nomination, US President Joe Biden named Shalina D America-d Kumar for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Kumar Justice, at this time a Michigan circuit court judge, will be the first federal judge of South Asian descent in Michigan, if confirmed.
Kumar has served at the Sixth Circuit Court of Oakland Regency since 2007.
He was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Circuit Court by the Supreme Court of Michigan in January 2018.
In addition to the tasks of his judges, he maintained a complete burden that covered civil and criminal problems.
, Throughout the years in the bench, Kumar has served as a chairman of the Adult Care Court, Chairman of the Oakland District Criminal Assignment Committee, a bench relations to the Oakland District Circuit Circuit Court Committee, Michigan State Bar member Professional Committee, and Member of the Michigan Judge Executive Committee.
Before taking a bench, he was a civilian litigator in personal practice from 1997 to 2007, including serving as a colleague with Weiner & Cox Plc from 2004 to 2007 and Sommers, Schwartz, Silver & Schwartz PC from 2000 to 2004.
He graduated from 2004.
He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1993 and the University of Detroit-Mercy School in 1996.
Kumar is a member of the South American South Asian Bar Association and has been supported by the impact, the leading Indian American advocacy group.
When he was appointed as a circuit judge in Oakland County in 2007, his investiture ceremony was attended by his parents, Krishna Kumar and Margaret Kumar.
President Biden has spent the decade committed to strengthening federal benches, which is why he continues to move at unmatched speed in connection with the judicial nomination.
The announcement of his first judicial nomination was made faster than the new president in modern American history, and Wednesday’s announcement continued the trend.