{"id":33151,"date":"2014-05-03T12:24:50","date_gmt":"2014-05-03T06:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=33151"},"modified":"2014-05-03T12:24:50","modified_gmt":"2014-05-03T06:54:50","slug":"manish-shah-becomes-first-south-asian-federal-judge-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/manish-shah-becomes-first-south-asian-federal-judge-illinois","title":{"rendered":"Manish Shah becomes first South Asian federal judge in Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/manish-shah-becomes-first-south-asian-federal-judge-illinois\/cc-38\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33152\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"33152\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/manish-shah-becomes-first-south-asian-federal-judge-illinois\/cc-38\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/cc2.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cc\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/cc2.jpg?fit=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/cc2.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-33152 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/cc2.jpg?resize=210%2C157&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cc\" width=\"210\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/cc2.jpg?w=259&amp;ssl=1 259w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/cc2.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a>Indian-American Manish Shah has been confirmed by the US Senate as a federal judge in Illinois, making him the first South Asian federal judge in President Barack Obama&#8217;s home state.<\/p>\n<p>Son of immigrants from India, New York-born Shah, 40, was confirmed by the Senate by 95-0 votes to be a federal judge in the Chicago-based Northern District of Illinois, the fifth most populous state of America.<\/p>\n<p>As chief of the criminal division, Shah is currently responsible for supervising the prosecutions in the district handled by about 130 assistant US attorneys.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Manish Shah&#8217;s stellar record in working with former US attorney Patrick Fitzgerald makes him an outstanding candidate to be the next federal district court judge for Northern Illinois,&#8221; Republican Senator Mark Kirk said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His experience as a prosecutor and in various leadership positions at Chicago&#8217;s US Attorney&#8217;s office will ensure Shah is a knowledgeable jurist who will provide a fair forum for the resolution of civil disputes and the prosecution of alleged crimes,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Manish Shah has served with distinction as an assistant US attorney, and he will bring a wealth of knowledge and legal acumen to the federal bench in Northern Illinois,&#8221; said Illinois&#8217;s Democratic Senator Dick Durban.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has the experience, qualifications and integrity to serve with distinction on the federal bench. Shah&#8217;s nomination is also a historic one,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Upon confirmation, he will be the first Article III judge of South Asian descent to serve in the state of Illinois,&#8221; Durbin said ahead of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>According to Shah&#8217;s bio released by Kirk and Durbin&#8217;s offices, his parents emigrated from India and raised their two sons in West Hartford, Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p>Shah attended Stanford University and graduated with honours and distinction. He attended the University of Chicago Law School and graduated with honours.<\/p>\n<p>Shah and his wife Joanna Grisinger, who teaches at Northwestern University, currently live in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>After law school, Shah was a litigation associate at Heller Ehrman in San Francisco and clerked for James B. Zagel of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>Shah joined the Chicago US Attorney&#8217;s office in September 2001 and prosecuted violent crime, international drug trafficking, complex fraud and public corruption.<\/p>\n<p>He was a deputy chief of the general crimes section and the financial crimes and special prosecutions section, and he was the chief of the appellate section.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: IANS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian-American Manish Shah has been confirmed by the US Senate as a federal judge in Illinois, making him the first South Asian federal judge in President Barack Obama&#8217;s home state. 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