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US president nominates Trinidad woman to serve as district judge
US president Joe Biden has nominated a Trinidadian woman to serve as a district judge on the US District Court for the District of Columbia.
He nominated Sparkle L. Sooknanan on February 21 as part of the president’s 46th round of judicial nominees.
The announcement was reported on several sites, including the White House and two of her alma maters, St Francis College (SFC) and the Brooklyn Law School.
On February 28, SFC reported that to date, Sooknanan has had an impressive career in the law.
She has been the principal deputy assistant attorney general in the US Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division since 2023.
She served as a deputy associate attorney general from 2021 to 2023, after working as an appellate attorney in the Civil Division from 2012 to 2013.
US president Joe Biden has nominated a Trinidadian woman to serve as a district judge on the US District Court for the District of Columbia.
He nominated Sparkle L. Sooknanan on February 21 as part of the president’s 46th round of judicial nominees.
The announcement was reported on several sites, including the White House and two of her alma maters, St Francis College (SFC) and the Brooklyn Law School.
On February 28, SFC reported that to date, Sooknanan has had an impressive career in the law.
She has been the principal deputy assistant attorney general in the US Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division since 2023.
She served as a deputy associate attorney general from 2021 to 2023, after working as an appellate attorney in the Civil Division from 2012 to 2013.
