Montana Law Professor Is Biden’s Pick for Ninth Circuit Seat

President Joe Biden intends to nominate a University of Montana law professor to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and a Susman Godfrey partner to the Southern District of New York, the White House announced.

Anthony Johnstone, a former solicitor for the state of Montana who began his legal career as a Ninth Circuit clerk in Montana and Cravath associate in New York, is the only federal appellate nominee announced Friday along with eight federal trial court nominees.

Arun Subramanian, who has worked at Susman Godfrey since 2007, would be the first South Asian judge to serve ...