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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Subodh Chandra |
| Address |
, Ohio , United States |
| Email | subodh.chandra@chandraforohio.com |
| Website | [Link] |
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| Died |
Still Living
(2025 years) |
| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Thomas Walker
Jun 24, 2005 04:01pm |
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| Info | Subodh Chandra just completed service as Director of Law of the City of Cleveland, a billion-dollar corporation. Chandra led the work of a department of 82 lawyers with both criminal and civil divisions. He also served as acting mayor in the mayor’s absence. As Cleveland’s general counsel, Chandra slashed by nearly 90% spending on outside counsel, saving millions of dollars. Under Chandra’s leadership, Cleveland increased its aggressiveness in defense and plaintiff litigation, handled major development projects in-house, and moved vigorously through in-house investigations to clean up corruption, including schemes involving bribe-taking city inspectors and purchasing officials. With a relentless focus on excellence and accountability, Chandra restored the reputation of a department that historically had produced a U.S. Supreme Court Justice and cabinet secretary, managing partners of national law firms, countless judges, and corporate general counsels. Chandra’s leadership attracted top performers who helped make it the most diverse law firm in Ohio.
Chandra was hailed for his imaginative handling of Green v. City of Cleveland, which was both just and spared the city from huge potential liability. In that case, Michael Green was wrongfully convicted of rape in part because of the false testimony of a Cleveland forensic analyst. Green, an African-American, served thirteen years in prison until DNA evidence exonerated him. In an unprecedented move, Chandra agreed to re-examine over 100 similar cases to ensure that no others were wrongfully convicted. In exchange, Green agreed to a modest civil settlement, saving taxpayers millions of dollars. Chandra also entered into creative, forward-thinking settlements with the U.S. Department of Justice regarding police use-of-deadly force and city jail conditions. He never compromised the broader interests of the citizenry—and as a litigator was a famously frugal guardian of taxpayer money, never paying a dime on frivolous suits that in the past the city might have settled.
Previously, Chandra’s work as a federal prosecutor resulted in numerous convictions for health-care fraud and corruption—work for which FBI director Robert Mueller recognized him. Before that, Chandra was a business litigator with large firms in both Cleveland and Los Angeles. While with the L.A. firm, Chandra helped advise the cities of Los Angeles and Beverly Hills and their public officials in civil-rights cases arising from alleged police misconduct.
Chandra served as special presidential counsel at the American Bar Association, where he helped the incoming president establish the Commission on Domestic Violence. Before his legal career, he was Assistant Director for International Affairs for Ohio Governor Richard F. Celeste’s political committee, where he developed a program training young leaders from newly emerging democracies in Central & Eastern Europe in the skills required in democracy.
Chandra is a graduate of the Yale Law School, where he was executive editor of the Yale Law & Policy Review. He also graduated with honors and distinction from Stanford University, which awarded Chandra the John Gardner Public Service Fellowship to work with
Governor Celeste.
Chandra is currently Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. His law practice focuses on white-collar-criminal and victims’ advocacy matters; internal investigations; litigation; legal-crisis communications; professional ethics; general-counsel services; and mediation.
Chandra is married to Meena Morey Chandra, a civil-rights attorney. They have
triplet-toddler sons.
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