Indian-origin advocate Vijay Shanker will become a judge in the Supreme Court of the US capital, Washington DC, after the Senate approval of President Donald Trump’s decision.
Trump has nominated advocate Vijay Shankar as an associate judge in the District Court of Appeals in Columbia. His term will be for 15 years after Senate approval on the appointment of Advocate Vijay Shankar. Vijay Shankar will replace the recently retired John R. Fisher. The District Court of Appeals of Columbia is the highest court in Washington DC.
Vijay Shankar was nominated by President Donald Trump in June last year. He is currently serving as the Litigation Council in the Crime Division of the Department of Justice. Vijay Shankar used to practice privately before joining the Justice Department. Vijay Shankar is a law graduate from Duke University. He further studied at the Virginia School of Law. In 2012, he joined the Department of Justice. Prior to this, Advocate Vijay Shankar practiced privately with Mayor Brown’s office in Washington DC and with LLC and Covington & Burling, LLP. After graduating from law school, he served as Judge Chester J. in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Worked as Straub’s law clerk.
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He did his BA (with coeducation) from Duke University and then took his juris doctor degree from University of Virginia School of Law. He also worked there as a notes auditor of the Virginia Law Review. Here he was also a member of the Order of the Coif, which is the Honor Society of Law Graduates in America.
