7 Prominent Indians in The U.S Judiciary
2.Preet Bharara
Born in Punjab, Bharara graduated from Harvard College and Columbia Law School. He is currently serving as the U.S attorney for the Southern district of New York. In 2012 Bharara was featured on the cover page of Times magazine as one among “The 100 Most Influential People in The World”. Under his supervision the judiciary was involved in the high profile prosecution of insider trading and other financial fraud on Wall Street including a detailed investigation made against Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam and former McKinsey chief Rajat Gupta. Due to this he was featured in Time magazine’s cover story entitled “This man is bustling Wall Street”. His name was also included in Vanity fairs “New establishment” list and Bloomberg markets magazines “50 most influential” list. He previously served as the chief counsel to Senator Chuck Schumer and also played a significant role in U.S Senate committee during the judicial investigations into the firings of the U.S attorneys.