Siddharth Velamoor

Siddharth Velamoor, a product liability attorney for the Seattle law firm Perkins Coie, began his term as a law clerk for United States District Court Judge David O. Carter in the Central District of California after a lawsuit (Barnett v. Obama) was filed in Carter's court challenging Barack Obama's eligibility to be President of the United States.
The hiring of Velamoor created some public speculation and controversy because Perkins Coie had previously represented the defendant, Barack Obama, giving the appearance of a possible conflict of interest.
However, law clerks for federal judges follow a rotation that is planned many months in advance. Velamoor was chosen to serve as Carter's clerk for the October 2009-2010 season over a year before, prior to the 2008 election and months before Taitz filed the lawsuit. His specialty, product liability, is unrelated to the subject of Barnett v. Obama.
Carter decided the case in favor of the Defendant on October 17th, a few weeks after Velamoor began his six month term as clerk.
Velamoor received his law degree from Columbia University Law School, and his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College.

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