Krishnan Chittur
President
286 Madison Avenue Suite 1100
New York, NY 10017
Tel: 212 370-0447
Fax: 212 370-0465
kchittur@chittur.com
Practice Areas:
Consumer Protection; Class Actions; Civil Commercial Litigation (Trials and Appeals) and Arbitration; Religious Organizations Law; Civil Rights.
Admitted:
Mumbai, India; New York; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Third and Ninth Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court
Law School:
Bombay University (LL.B., LL.M.); Harvard University (LL.M., 1983; S.J.D., 1986)
College:
Bombay University, B.S.
Member:
New York County Lawyers' Association (Member, Committee on Federal Courts; Member, Supreme Court Committee); American Association for Justice (formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America); Trial Lawyers for Public Justice; National Association of Consumer Advocates; New York State Trial Lawyers Association; Indo American Lawyers' Association.
Biography:
Recipient, Bombay University: Vice Chancellor T.K. Tope Prize for Best Cumulative Performance in Law School Examinations; Gold Medals in: Jurisprudence and Conflict of Laws. Recipient, Rotary International Award for Best Student, Government Law College. Author: "Resolving Close Corporation Conflicts: A Fresh Approach," 10 (1) Harvard J. Law & Pub. Pol. 129 (Winter 1987); "The Corporate Director's Standard of Care: Past, Present & Future," 10 Del. J. Corp. L. 505 (1985). Part time Professor, Government Law College, Bombay University.
Organizations:
Chairman, Student's Union, Government Law College, 1977 1978; Member, University Senate, Bombay University, 1977-1978. President, Anti Bias Council of Greater Ossining, Inc., 1991-1994; Member, Police-Community Relations Advisory Council, Ossining (1994-1996); President, Indo American Lawyers' Association, New York (2002-2004); Member, Admissions Committee, Harvard Club of New York (2005-present); Member, Parking Committee, Village of Briarcliff Manor (2007-2008); Member, Ad hoc Facilities Committee, Briarcliff Manor School District (2008 - Feb 2009); Trustee, Board of Education, Briarcliff Manor School District (2009 - 2010)
Languages:
Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati and Tamil.
Krishnan S. Chittur,
the
Founder and Principal
of the firm, has over 30 years of experience in civil litigation, including trials and appeals. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and has been admitted to the bar in Mumbai, India, in several jurisdictions in the United States, and in the U.S. Supreme Court . Prior to founding Chittur and Associates, P.C., he was formerly associated with nationally renowned litigation firms. He has litigated before federal and state courts, conducted trials with and without juries, and briefed and argued several appeals.
Mr. Chittur is also an arbitrator with the FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority), the largest non-governmental arbitration forum for securities investors and brokerages in the United States. He has arbitrated, and been the chairperson of arbitration panels, in several disputes between stockbrokers and customers, and between different broker dealers.
Mr. Chittur has extensive international litigation experience, having litigated in India and the United States. His practice is now focused on litigation and trial involving consumer protection class actions, religious organization disputes, and civil commercial disputes before State and Federal courts, mainly in New York, and arbitrations before JAMs and other arbitration organizations.
Well-known for effective litigation strategy and unyielding tenacity in fighting for his clients, Mr. Chittur has come in for specific praise repeatedly for his work in civil commercial litigation by judges, including Judge John S. Martin, Jr., of United States District Court (S.D.N.Y.) ("untiring efforts"); Justice Stephen Crane of the New York Supreme Court, New York County, ("zealous representation"), Justice Cahn, also of the New York Supreme Court, New York County ("unusually literate," "achieved very substantial results"), Justice Austin of the New York Supreme Court, Nassau County, and now of the Appellate Division, Second Department ("“Mr. Chittur has been nothing short of tenacious on behalf of his client . . . it is, in fact, noted that his efforts were herculean and difficult ... which his client should note and should be appreciative of”), and Justice Shulman of the New York Supreme Court, New York County ("on this record, as well as the record of this litigation from its inception, this Court concludes that Chittur is more than qualified, is very experienced in prosecuting class actions, and will be actively engaged in this action to its ultimate conclusion").