Jai K. Chandrasekhar - New York, NY

JAI K. CHANDRASEKHAR prosecutes securities fraud litigation for the firm's institutional investor clients, as well as patent infringement litigation for the firm’s patent-holder clients.

Mr. Chandrasekhar has been a member of the litigation teams on several of the firm's recent high profile securities cases including In re Refco, Inc. Securities Litigation, in which multiple settlements have been achieved by Lead Plaintiffs resulting in a total recovery of $367.3 million for the benefit of the settlement class.

As a member of the firm’s patent litigation group, Mr. Chandrasekhar is participating in the prosecution of patent infringement actions on behalf of Anvik Corporation against Nikon Corporation, Sharp Corporation, Samsung Electronics Co., and many other large electronics companies relating to Anvik’s patented technology for manufacturing liquid crystal display panels used in televisions, computer monitors, and other devices. He was also a member of the team that prosecuted a patent infringement action on behalf of Xpoint Technologies, Inc. against Intel Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, Dell Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, and numerous other large computer companies relating to Xpoint’s patented One-Button Restore™ technology for restoring the operating system, applications programs, and user data on a computer after the computer is corrupted or damaged.

Prior to joining BLB&G, Mr. Chandrasekhar was a Staff Attorney with the Division of Enforcement of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, where he investigated securities law violations and coordinated investigations involving multiple SEC offices and other government agencies. Before his tenure at the SEC, he was an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, where he represented corporate issuers and underwriters in public and private offerings of stocks, bonds, and complex securities and advised corporations on periodic reporting under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and other corporate and securities matters.

Mr. Chandrasekhar is a member of the Federal Courts Committees of the New York City Bar Association and of the New York County Lawyers’ Association.