Arun Subramanian: The Indian-origin judge who oversaw Sean ‘Diddy’ Comb’s trial – with poise and calm

Born to Indian immigrants in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Subramanian’s journey to the federal bench is an archetypal immigrant success story, albeit with the particular intellectual brilliance that sets judicial appointees apart. His parents, Tamil Brahmin engineers who migrated to the US in the 1970s, instilled in him a rigorous respect for education and public service. After an undergraduate degree in computer science from Case Western Reserve University, Subramanian pursued law at Columbia, graduating in 2004.