Sanket Bulsara

Nonpartisan

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Tenure

2024 - Present

Years in position

1

Predecessor:Joan Azrack (Nonpartisan)

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Years in office: 2017 - 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Harvard University, 1998

Law

Harvard Law School, 2002

Contact

Official website

Sanket Bulsara is a judge on theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. On February 8, 2024, PresidentJoe Biden (D) nominated Sanket Bulsara to the court.^[1] He was confirmed by theUnited States Senate on May 15, 2024, by a vote of 51-42.^[2][3] Bulsara was one of 235Article III judges nominated by PresidentJoe Biden (D) and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. To see a full list of judges appointed byJoe Biden,click here.

TheUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of New York is one of 94U.S. District Courts. They are the generaltrial courts of theUnited States federal courts. To learn more about the court,click here.

Prior to joining the court, Bulsara was afederal magistrate judge for theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.^[1][4]

Judicial nominations and appointments

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (2024-present)

See also:Federal judges nominated by Joe Biden

On February 8, 2024, PresidentJoe Biden (D) nominated Bulsara to theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.^[1] Bulsara received commission on December 20, 2024.^[3] To read more about the federal nominations process,click here.

Nomination Tracker
Nominee Information
Name: Sanket Bulsara
Court:United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Progress
Confirmed 97 days after nomination.
ANominated: February 8, 2024
AABA Rating: Well qualified
Questionnaire:Questionnaire
AHearing: March 6, 2024
QFRs:(Hover over QFRs to read more)
AReported: April 11, 2024
AConfirmed: May 15, 2024
AVote: 51-42

Confirmation vote

The U.S. Senate confirmed Bulsara by a vote of 51-42 on May 15, 2024.^[2] To see a full breakdown of the vote on the official U.S. Senate website,click here.

Sanket Bulsara confirmation vote (May 15, 2024)
Party	Yea	Nay	No vote
Democratic	46	0	2
Republican	3	42	4
Independent	2	0	1
Total	51[5]	42	7

Senate Judiciary Committee hearing

TheSenate Judiciary Committee held hearings on Bulsara's nomination on March 6, 2024. Bulsara was reported to the full Senate on April 11, 2024, after a 12-9 committee vote.^[6]

Nomination

On February 8, 2024, PresidentJoe Biden (D) nominated Sanket Bulsara to theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Bulsara was nominated to replace JudgeJoan Azrack, who announced that she will assumesenior status on December 19, 2024.^[7]

TheAmerican Bar Association (ABA) rated Bulsarawell qualified.^[8] To read more about ABA ratings,click here.

Biography

Early life and education

Bulsara was born in 1976 in Bronx, New York. He earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1998 and a law degree from Harvard Law School in 2002.^[3]

Professional career

• 2024-present: Judge,United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• 2019-present: Adjunct professor, St. John's Law School
• 2020: Adjunct professor, Brooklyn Law School
• 2015-2017: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
  • 2015-2017: deputy general counsel for appellate litigation, adjudication, and enforcement
  • 2017: acting general counsel
• 2005-2015: Private practice, New York City
• 2007-2008: Special assistant district attorney
• 2004-2005: Manager of planning and data analysis, Division of Human Resources, New York City Department of Education
• 2003-2004: Private practice, Los Angeles, California
• 2002-2003: Law clerk, Hon. John G. Koeltl, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York^[3]

About the court

Eastern District of New York
Second Circuit
Judgeships
Posts: 16
Judges: 16
Vacancies: 0
Judges
Chief:Margo Brodie
Active judges:Margo Brodie,Gary R. Brown,Sanket Bulsara,Pamela Ki Mai Chen,Nusrat Choudhury,LaShann Moutique DeArcy Hall,Ann M. Donnelly,Hector Gonzalez,Diane Gujarati,Eric Komitee,Rachel Kovner,Roslynn Mauskopf,Orelia Merchant,Natasha Merle,Nina Morrison,Ramon Reyes Jr. Senior judges: Carol Amon,Joan Azrack,Frederic Block,Brian Cogan,Raymond Dearie,Nicholas Garaufis,Nina Gershon,Leo Glasser,Denis Hurley,Dora Irizarry,Edward Korman,William Kuntz,Kiyo Matsumoto,Allyne Ross,Joanna Seybert,Eric Vitaliano

TheUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of New York is one of 94United States district courts. The courthouses are located in Brooklyn and Central Islip. When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit based in Lower Manhattan at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Federal Courthouse.The Eastern District of New York hasoriginal jurisdiction over cases filed within its jurisdiction. These cases can include civil and criminal matters that fall under federal law.

The geographic jurisdiction of the Eastern District of New York consists of all the followingcounties in the eastern part of the state ofNew York.

To read opinions published by this court, clickhere.

The federal nomination process

Federal judges are nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. There are multiple steps to the process:

• The president nominates an individual for a judicial seat.
• The nominee fills out a questionnaire and is reviewed by theSenate Judiciary Committee.
• The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing with the nominee, questioning them about things like their judicial philosophy, past rulings or opinions, etc.

• As part of this process, the committee sends ablue slip to senators from the home state in which the judicial nomination was received, allowing them to express their approval or disapproval of the nominee.

• After the hearing, the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote to approve or return the nominee.

• If approved, the nominee is voted on by the full Senate.
• If the Committee votes to return the nominee to the president, the president has the opportunity to re-nominate the individual.

• The Senate holds a vote on the candidate.

• If the Senate confirms the nomination, the nominee receives a commission to serve a lifelong position as a federal judge.
• If the Senate does not confirm the nomination, that nominee does not become a judge.

See also

• United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit

External links

Suggest a link

• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• Biography from theFederal Judicial Center
• Biography from theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Active judges	Chief Judge: Margo Brodie  •  Roslynn Mauskopf  •  Ramon Reyes, Jr.  •  Ann M. Donnelly  •  Pamela Ki Mai Chen  •  Gary R. Brown (Federal judge)  •  LaShann Moutique DeArcy Hall  •  Diane Gujarati  •  Eric Komitee  •  Rachel Kovner  •  Sanket Bulsara  •  Hector Gonzalez (New York)  •  Nina Morrison  •  Nusrat Choudhury  •  Natasha Merle  •  Orelia Merchant
Senior judges	Raymond Dearie  •  Leo Glasser  •  Denis Hurley  •  Edward Korman  •  Carol Amon  •  Brian Cogan  •  Nicholas Garaufis  •  Nina Gershon  •  Dora Irizarry  •  Kiyo Matsumoto  •  Allyne Ross  •  Joanna Seybert  •  Eric Vitaliano  •  Joan Azrack  •  Frederic Block  •  William Kuntz  •
Magistrate judges	Arlene Lindsay  •  Roanne Mann  •  Cheryl Pollak  •  Ramon Reyes, Jr.  •  Vera Scanlon  •  Steven Locke  •  Peggy Kuo  •  Steven Tiscione  •  Anne Shields  •  James Wicks  •  James R. Cho  •  Taryn A. Merkl  •  Marcia Henry  •
Former Article III judges	Sterling Johnson  •  Thomas Platt  •  Charles Sifton  •  Arthur Spatt  •  David Trager  •  Jack Weinstein  •  Leonard Wexler  •  Joseph Bianco  •  Sandra Feuerstein  •  John Gleeson  •  Sandra Townes  •  Frank Altimari  •  Charles Linnaeus Benedict  •  Joseph McLaughlin (Second Circuit)  •  Reena Raggi  •  George Pratt  •  Asa Wentworth Tenney  •  Edward Beers Thomas  •  Thomas Chatfield  •  Van Vechten Veeder  •  Edwin Louis Garvin  •  Marcus Beach Campbell  •  Robert Alexander Inch  •  Grover Moscowitz  •  Mortimer Byers  •  Clarence Galston  •  Matthew Abruzzo  •  John Bartels  •  Frederic Block  •  Henry Bramwell  •  Walter Bruchhausen  •  Mark Costantino  •  John Dooling  •  Orrin Judd  •  Jacob Mishler  •  Edward Neaher  •  Eugene Nickerson  •  Leo Rayfiel  •  George Rosling  •  Anthony Travia  •  Joseph Zavatt  •  Harold Kennedy (New York)  •
Former Chief judges	Raymond Dearie  •  Edward Korman  •  Thomas Platt  •  Charles Sifton  •  Jack Weinstein  •  Carol Amon  •  Dora Irizarry  •  Roslynn Mauskopf  •  Robert Alexander Inch  •  Walter Bruchhausen  •  Jacob Mishler  •  Joseph Zavatt  •

v • e Federal judges nominated to Article III courts byJoe Biden
Commissioned in 2025	Keli Neary
Commissioned in 2024	John Kazen •John Russell •Margaret Garnett •Cristal Brisco •Jacquelyn Austin •Gretchen Hess Lund •Micah Smith •Joshua Kolar •Karoline Mehalchick •Kirk Sherriff •Lisa Wang •David Leibowitz •Jacqueline Becerra •Julie Sneed •Melissa Damian •Kelly H. Rankin •Nicole Berner •Sunil Harjani •Leon Schydlower •Ernesto Gonzalez •Susan Bazis •Robert White •Ann Marie McIff Allen •Eumi Lee •Krissa Lanham •Eric Schulte •Camela Theeler •Angela Martinez •Jasmine Yoon •Nancy Maldonado •Meredith Vacca •Georgia Alexakis •Joseph Saporito •Amy Baggio •Stacey Neumann •Mary Kay Lanthier •Adam Abelson •Laura Provinzino •Mary Kay Costello •Dena Coggins •Kevin Ritz •Shanlyn A. S. Park •Byron Conway •Jeannette Vargas •Michelle Williams Court •Jonathan E. Hawley •April Perry •Mustafa Kasubhai •Sarah Russell •Amir Ali •Rebecca Pennell •Anthony Brindisi •Elizabeth Coombe •Cynthia Valenzuela •Anne Hwang •Brian Murphy •Noël Wise •Sanket Bulsara •Tiffany Johnson •Sparkle Sooknanan •Gail Weilheimer •Embry Kidd •Melissa DuBose •Sharad Desai •Serena R. Murillo •Benjamin Cheeks •Sarah Davenport
Commissioned in 2023	Kai Scott •Tamika Montgomery-Reeves •Margaret R. Guzman •Daniel Calabretta •Matthew Garcia •DeAndrea G. Benjamin •Cindy Chung •Adrienne Nelson •Lindsay Jenkins •Gina Méndez-Miró •Araceli Martínez-Olguín •Jamar Walker •Ana Reyes •Jamal Whitehead •Gordon Gallagher •Matthew Brookman•Maria Araujo Kahn• James Simmons •Robert Ballou• Andrew Schopler •Jonathan Grey•Colleen Lawless •Arun Subramanian •Jessica Clarke •Robert Kirsch •Michael Farbiarz •Anthony Johnstone •Orelia Merchant •Wesley Hsu •Bradley Garcia •LaShonda A. Hunt •Nancy Gbana Abudu •Amanda Brailsford •Darrel Papillion •Jeremy Daniel •Hernan D. Vera •Julie Rikelman •Nusrat Choudhury •P. Casey Pitts •Myong Joun •Kymberly Evanson •Tiffany Cartwright •Rachel Bloomekatz •Natasha Merle •Dale Ho •Philip Hadji •Rita Lin •Brendan Hurson •Vernon D. Oliver •Matthew Maddox •Julia Munley •Brandy McMillion •Susan DeClercq •Julia Kobick •Ramon Reyes, Jr. •Ana de Alba •Kenly Kiya Kato •Mónica Ramírez Almadani •Jeffrey M. Bryan •Jamel Semper •Irma Ramirez •Richard Federico •Loren AliKhan •Brandon Long •Jerry Edwards Jr.•Sara Hill •Joseph Laroski
Commissioned in 2022	David Herrera Urias •Gabriel Sanchez •Holly Thomas •Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong •David Ruiz •Charles Fleming •Bridget Brennan •Leonard Stark •Alison J. Nathan •John Chun •Julie Rubin •Jacqueline Scott Corley •Ruth Bermudez Montenegro •Victoria Calvert •Georgette Castner •Anne Traum •Cristina Silva •Ketanji Brown Jackson (Supreme Court) •Sarah Geraghty •Hector Gonzalez •Fred Slaughter •Jennifer Rochon •Robert Huie •Sunshine S. Sykes • Stephanie Dawkins Davis • Evelyn Padin • Sherilyn P. Garnett • Ana de Alba • J. Michelle Childs • Trina Thompson • Elizabeth Hanes • Nancy Maldonado • Nina Morrison • Gregory Williams • John Z. Lee • Sal Mendoza, Jr. • Lara Montecalvo • Florence Pan • Andre Mathis • Sarah A.L. Merriam •Jennifer Rearden • Roopali Desai • María Antongiorgi-Jordán • Camille Vélez-Rivé • Doris Pryor • Frances Kay Behm • Dana Douglas • Mia Roberts Perez • Anne Nardacci •Jeffery P. Hopkins
Commissioned in 2021	Ketanji Brown Jackson • Zahid Quraishi •Julien Xavier Neals • Deborah Boardman • Regina Rodriguez • Candace Jackson-Akiwumi • Lydia Kay Griggsby • Tiffany Cunningham • Eunice Lee • Angel Kelley •Florence Pan •Veronica Rossman • David G. Estudillo • Sarah A.L. Merriam •Gustavo Gelpí • Christine O'Hearn •Margaret Strickland • Karen McGlashan Williams •Patricia Tolliver Giles • Toby Heytens •Michael Nachmanoff •Sarala Nagala • Beth Robinson • Omar A. Williams • Myrna Pérez • Jia Cobb • Tana Lin • Lauren King • Lucy H. Koh • Jennifer Sung • Samantha Elliott • Katherine Menendez • Mary Dimke • Linda Lopez • Shalina Kumar • Jane Beckering • Jinsook Ohta • Jennifer L. Thurston •Stephen Locher •Charlotte Sweeney •Nina Nin-Yuen Wang •Arianna Freeman •Jerry Blackwell