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Obama names Preet Bharara as U.S. Attorney

Washington: President Barack Obama has nominated Preet Bharara, an Indian-American lawyer, to become the U.S. Attorney for Southern District of New York.

Mr. Bharara (40), was counsel to New York Democrat Senator Charles Schumer and played a key role in the congressional investigation of the Bush administration’s firing of eight U.S. Attorneys, according to a White House announcement on Friday. “This group of men and women have distinguished themselves as fair, tenacious and respected attorneys throughout their careers,” Mr. Obama said of Mr. Bharara and five others named on Friday.

Born in Punjab, India, Mr. Bharara emmigrated to the U.S. with his parents in 1970 and became a U.S. citizen 10 years later.

Raised in Monmouth County, New Jersey, he graduated from Harvard University in 1990 and from Columbia Law School in 1993.

Mr. Bharara was named 2007 South Asian Lawyer of the Year by the North American South Asian Bar Association.

The Southern District, which traces its roots to 1789, prosecutes federal crimes in Manhattan and the Bronx as well as Westchester, Rockland and four other counties north of New York City. — IANS

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