7 Prominent Indians in The U.S Judiciary

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6.Kamala Devi Harris

Harris attended Howard University in Washington D.C. She received a J.D (Juris Doctor) from University of California, Hastings college of Law in 1989. During the California State elections in 2010, Kamala Devi Harris was made the Attorney general of California. She has previously served as the District attorney of San Francisco from 2004-2011. She is the 32nd attorney general of California. Prior to this she has served as the deputy district attorney in Alameda County, California, from 1990-1998. Since 1998, she has been serving as the Managing Attorney of the Career Criminal Unit in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. She is also recognized by The Los Angeles Daily Journal as one of the top 100 lawyers in California serving on the board of the California District Attorney's Association and is also the Vice President of the National District Attorneys Association.

Recently her name was dragged into a controversy which became headlines for major publishing houses in the U.S and worldwide. The U.S President considered Harris to be the best looking attorney in the country which many believed to be a sexist remark thus quickly gaining an apology from the President himself.

Harris has even written a book titled “Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutors plan to make us Safer” which shows her outlook on crime justice. She looks at crime justice from a very economic perspective in attempting to reduce temptations and accebility for criminals.