Sopen Shah
Sopen B. Shah | |
|---|---|
| United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin | |
Nominee | |
| Assuming office TBD | |
| Appointed by | Joe Biden |
| Succeeding | Scott Blader |
| Personal details | |
| Education | Harvard College (AB) Yale University (JD) |
Sopen B. Shah is an American lawyer who is the nominee to serve as the United States attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin.
Education
Shah received a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Harvard College in 2008 and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 2015.[1]
Career
Prior to law school, Sopen was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company and a financial analyst at Bloomberg.[2] After graduating law school, Shah served as a law clerk to Judge Amul Thapar of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky from 2015 to 2016 and for Judge Debra Ann Livingston of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 2016 to 2017.[1] In 2013, she worked in the criminal division of the U.S. Attorney's office for the Eastern District of New York. In 2014, she was a summer associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York City.[2] She was a deputy solicitor general of Wisconsin from 2017 to 2019. She is Counsel at Perkins Coie where she has practiced since 2019.[1]
Nomination as U.S. attorney
In May 2021, Shah along with Assistant U.S. Attorney Diane Schlipper were recommended to senators Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson.[3] On June 6, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Shah to be the United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin.[4] Her nomination is pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[5]
On July 20, 2022, it was reported that Johnson was opposed to Shah's nomination due to a deleted tweet concerning the 2021 United States Capitol attack.[6]
References
- ^ a b c "President Biden Announces Five New Nominees to Serve as U.S. Attorneys, Two to Serve as U.S. Marshals" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. June 6, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b "SOPEN SHAH COUNSEL". perkinscoie.com. Archived from the original on June 1, 2022.
- ^ Treleven, Ed (May 21, 2021). "2 recommended to lead U.S. Attorney's Office in Madison". madison.com. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
- ^ "Nominations and Withdrawals Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. June 6, 2022.
- ^ "PN2213 — Sopen B. Shah — Department of Justice". congress.gov. June 6, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
- ^ Gans, Jared (20 July 2022). "Ron Johnson won't back US attorney nominee over deleted Jan. 6 'this is terrorism' tweets". The Hill. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
