
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost on Thursday named Mathura Sridharan as the state’s 12th solicitor general.In a post on X, Yost’s office announced, “AG Yost today named Mathura Sridharan as his pick for Ohio’s 12th solicitor general, the state’s top attorney for appeals in state and federal courts.”The appointment follows the US Senate’s confirmation on Wednesday of former Ohio solicitor general T Elliot Gaiser to lead the US department of justice’s office of legal counsel.Before joining the Ohio Solicitor’s Office, Sridharan clerked for Judge Steven J. Menashi of the US court of appeals for the second circuit and Judge Deborah A Batts of the US district court for the Southern district of New York.She earned her Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law. Sridharan also holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In addition, she completed her undergraduate studies at MIT, earning bachelor’s degrees in both economics and electrical engineering and computer science, according to The Federalist Society.