7 Prominent Indians in The U.S Judiciary

By siliconindia   |   Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 00:46 IST
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4.Amit Mehta

Amit Mehta got a B.A from Georgetown University in 1993 and a J.D in 1997 from University of Virginia School of Law. Mehta is a lawyer of Indian origin who also partners with Washington Law firm Zuckerman Spaeder. He has also played significant roles in several big cases including the dismissal of criminal charges against the former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn in a New York state court. At the age of 39, Mehta is also a board member of the Mid Atlantic Innocense project which dealswith reversing or preventing any wrongful convictions in D.C, Maryland and Virginia. He also served as the former IMF chief in a criminal assault case, former president of the Salt Lake City Olympic committee, former member of congress in grand jury investigation, involved in an antitrust action against a race course, antitrust internal investigation into a public company, investigations on several illegal international sanctions from China and Sudan and lastly the firm he partnered with acted as the CFO in FCPA and SEC investigations.