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Ohio\u2019s New Legal Powerhouse<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:5.58252%;top:98.54369%;width:48.54369%;height:2.91262%;opacity:1\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:1% 1% 1% 1% \/ 11.11111111111111% 11.11111111111111% 11.11111111111111% 11.11111111111111%\" id=\"el-a54654aa-f8a5-4d7a-af41-1bc0a66f0e34\">\n<p class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:1.0470000000000006% 0;font-family:&quot;BioRhyme&quot;,serif;font-size:0.194175em;line-height:1.2;text-align:left;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #fff\">KHUSHI KUMARI<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:71.1165%;top:86.08414%;width:48.54369%;height:1.77994%;transform:rotate(270deg);opacity:1\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:1% 1% 1% 1% \/ 18.181818181818183% 18.181818181818183% 18.181818181818183% 18.181818181818183%\" id=\"el-ba18f587-f7f6-47a8-b127-051021ab219d\">\n<p class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:-0.0703125% 0;font-family:&quot;Roboto&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:0.161812em;line-height:1.2;text-align:left;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; 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color: #fff\">She will serve as Ohio\u2019s top appellate attorney, representing the state in major cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, Sixth Circuit, and Ohio Supreme Court<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"833af6bd-5914-46dc-abf1-1356f08a12e6\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-5edd9079-25ba-4eb4-b0cf-84b7a27c59e9\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":2000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-948350fc-7e53-4bde-abb0-d8aa8af62cbf\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":300,\"duration\":1000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-0c56093b-93e8-49e5-b016-63b7bc398a3f\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate3d(0px, 134.70509%, 0)\",\"translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)\"]},\"delay\":300,\"duration\":1000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\" style=\"background-color:#000\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:0;top:-9.25926%;width:100%;height:118.51852%;opacity:1\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-cd40d27b-7470-4327-81cb-7babb5faeae2\">\n<div class=\"fill\" style=\"will-change:transform\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:11.65049%;top:-9.2233%;width:88.34951%;height:76.53722%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-5edd9079-25ba-4eb4-b0cf-84b7a27c59e9\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-786b4392-9d00-4bd1-ba84-eb0d12ed41e9\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;width:231.01345%;height:100%;left:-65.50673%;top:0%\" data-leaf-element=\"true\"><amp-img layout=\"fill\" src=\"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/123077686.jpg\" alt=\"\" disable-inline-width=\"true\"><\/amp-img><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:11.65049%;top:73.94822%;width:82.03883%;height:26.21359%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-948350fc-7e53-4bde-abb0-d8aa8af62cbf\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div id=\"anim-0c56093b-93e8-49e5-b016-63b7bc398a3f\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:1;--initial-transform:translate3d(0px, 134.70509%, 0)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" id=\"el-2991182c-61ba-444d-8847-d84fd39fe5ed\">\n<h3 class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:1.1748520710059172% 0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.355987em;line-height:1;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #fff\">Sridharan holds a J.D. from NYU Law, a Master\u2019s in EECS from MIT, and dual bachelor\u2019s degrees in EECS and economics from MIT. She clerked for courts in New York and argued at the Supreme Court in Ohio v. 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