Sandhya Gupta

Sandhya Gupta

5.0
Rating: 9.7

Licensed for 20 years

Litigation Lawyer Practice Areas: Litigation, Discrimination, Constitutional, Civil Rights
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Reason: Not Practicing

About Sandhya

Biography

Practice Areas

4

Practice Areas

Civil Rights 25%

voting rights, equal protection, wrongful detention, excessive force

25%
Constitutional 25%

First amendment, voting rights, equal protection, wrongful detention, excessive force

25%
Discrimination 25%

Workplace harassment, race/sex/religious discrimination, retaliation, including whistleblower retaliation

25%
Litigation 25%

Civil rights, including employment discrimination and retaliation, voting rights, defamation, open government, wrongful detention, police misconduct

25%

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Licenses

Licensed in Ohio for 15 years

State: Ohio

Acquired: 2010

Active

No misconduct found

Licensed in New York for 20 years

State: New York

Acquired: 2005

Currently Registered

No misconduct found

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Sandhya Gupta's Reviews

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Posted by Brian | November 03, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Civil Rights

I could not have asked for a better advocate to represent my interests

I was a client of Ms. Gupta on a voting rights case and was impressed with her ability to bring the law to the layperson. Attorney Gupta helped with preparation of filings, defending depositions, and then arguing our case in court. She spent long hours getting the information in an understandable a...nd concise format. This was so that it was the most accurate representation of the facts for the court, but also to assure that we both were on the same page. She repeatedly met with me to get clarity and became an expert on the voting process in Ohio. Sandhya Gupta was really good in processing the flurry of documents from the State of Ohio into the core issues of contention. She prepared for depositions to gather facts as well as helping to provide advice with the state deposition. I was able to sit in on a deposition that she conducted that was extremely educational in helping all understand the issues in practice and to bring the conflict to life. Gupta was very calm and determined in focusing her questions. I could not have asked for a better advocate to represent my interests and the interests of my agency. Gupta was able to translate the law for those who have not endured the pain of law school. She seemed well prepared for court and asked revealing questions. Gupta acted professionally in defending her clients when they were on the witness stand, and then preventing overly broad questioning. She was also very good advocating our specific position in court and presenting the impact of these decisions on the average Ohioan. Gupta is a quick thinker and is inquisitive. I believe she demonstrated her tenacious pursuit of the truth in my dealings with her. She plowed through all the information about voting and became one of the most knowledgeable people in the state on our complicated system for casting a ballot. I was very satisfied with her representation of my interests and the interests of my agency.

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Denise Knecht

Employment and labor lawyer | Nov 01

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"I endorse this lawyer. Sandhya is knowledgeable, thoughtful, and pays meticulous attention to detail. I enjoyed working with her and her firm."

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Patrick Haney

Litigation lawyer

Experience

Rating:  9.7 (Superb)

Honors

2016

Champion of Civil Rights, Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless

2015

Marshall Memorial Fellowship, German Marshall Fund

2014

Forty under 40, Crain's Cleveland Business

Work Experience

2010 - Present

Of Counsel, The Chandra Law Firm LLC

2012 - 2012

Regional GOTV lead/GOTV assistant, Obama for America-Ohio

2009 - 2009

Consulting attorney, Law offices of Claudia Slovinsky (now Slovinsky & Associates PLLC)

2008 - 2008

Deputy Field Organizer for GOTV, Shaker Heights, Ohio Campaign for Change

2005 - 2008

Associate, Arnold & Porter, LLP

2004 - 2005

Judicial law clerk to the Hon. James S. Gwin, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

2004 - 2004

Summer (pre-bar) intern, Cochran Neufeld & Scheck LLP

2003 - 2003

Summer Associate, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP

2002 - 2002

Human Rights Intern, The Southern Center for Human Rights

1999 - 2001

Fellow/Program Associate, Physicians for Human Rights

Associations

Ohio Employment Lawyers Association

Member

Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

Member

2012 - 2013

William K. Thomas American Inn of Court

Co-chair, Program Committee

2006 - 2006

New York City Bar Association, Minorities in the Profession Committee

Member

2006 - 2008

New York City Bar Association, Committee on International Human Rights

Member

Sample of Legal Cases

Wilson, et al. v. Gardner Denver Nash

Negotiated resolution

White v. City of Cleveland (No. 1:17-cv-1165)

Ongoing

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Education

2004

Columbia University School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1998

Princeton University

A.B

Speaking Engagements

2017

Cleveland Award Ceremony, Princeton Prize in Race Relations

Race relations

Publications

2017

Federal Bar Association, Civil Rights Insider “Sixth Circuit Reverses Decades-old Fees-for-Fees Standard”

2017

Languages

Hindi

French

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