Sanket J. Bulsara was appointed as a Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of New York on August 28, 2017. Upon his appointment, Judge Bulsara became the first South Asian American federal judge to serve on any court in the Second Circuit.  Judge Bulsara was nominated by President Joseph R. Biden to serve as a District Judge on February 7, 2024, and confirmed by the United States Senate on May 15, 2024.  He is expected to enter service as a District Judge in December 2024. 

Judge Bulsara received an A.B. degree magna cum laude in 1998 from Harvard College, and a J.D. degree cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2002. He is a graduate of Edgemont High School. Upon graduating from law school, Judge Bulsara was a law clerk to Judge John G. Koeltl of the Southern District of New York. Thereafter, he was an associate at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr in New York, where he worked from 2005 to 2015, including as a partner of the firm. In recognition of his pro bono work in support of victims of domestic violence, he received the Sanctuary for Families Above & Beyond Award three separate times.  In 2015, he became the Deputy General Counsel for Appellate Litigation, Adjudication, and Enforcement at the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, DC. Immediately prior to his appointment to the bench, Judge Bulsara served as Acting General Counsel of the SEC.