US President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated Pakistan-born lawyer Adeel Mangi to serve on a federal appeals court.
If the nomination goes through the Democratic-controlled US Senate, then Mangi, a Harvard- and Oxford-trained lawyer, would become the first Muslim American to serve on the post in the country’s history.
The lawyer was nominated for the US Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, based in Philadelphia. His nomination was announced along with seven other judicial nominees.
Mangi is currently a partner at the US law firm Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP — a company he joined in 2000 after graduating from Harvard Law School with an LLM. He is also a member of the Honorable Society of Lincoln’s Inn and holds a First Class Degree in Law from the University of Oxford.
The Pakistan-born lawyer is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Alliance of Families for Justice.
Adeel Mangi has also worked with the Muslim Bar Association of New York, the Legal Aid Society of New York, and Muslims for Progressive Values.
