"Ms. Talwani has an impressive track record as a litigator, having represented clients in matters before the Massachusetts state trial courts and appeals courts as well as the district court to which she's been nominated, the federal courts of appeals and the United States Supreme Court," Senator Elizabeth Warren said as she introduced Ms Talwani during her Senate confirmation hearing.

The Senator said Ms Talwani has broad credentials and wide litigation experience. She has developed expertise in legal issues that relate to employment.

"She is the associate editor of a treatise on the Family and Medical Leave Act compiled by the American Bar Association," the lawmaker said.

Prior to joining Segal Roitman LLP in 1999, Ms Talwani was a partner at the San Francisco law firm now known as Altshuler Berzon LLP from 1996 to 1999 and an associate at that firmfrom 1989 to 1995.

She began her legal career as a law clerk for Judge Stanley A Weigel of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California from 1988 to 1989.

Ms Talwani received her JD in 1988 from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley and her B A  cum laude in 1982 from Harvard College.

At Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, she served as the articles editor for the Industrial Relations Law Journal and was selected for the Order of the Coif. Prior to law school, she worked as a union organiser.

Her practice has included both traditional labour law, including negotiations and arbitrations, and individual employment litigation, as well as class actions and collective actions on behalf of groups of workers.
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