President Donald Trump on Wednesday made his first nomination to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, selecting Fresno litigator Dirk Paloutzian to serve on the caseload-burdened court.

Paloutzian is a partner at Baker Manock & Jensen, where he specializes in defending health care providers, probate litigation and agribusiness issues, according to the firm. He spent five year as a Fresno County deputy district attorney and served as the office’s first elder abuse prosecutor. Prior to that, Paloutzian worked for the Fresno firm of McCormick Barstow.