Thiruvendran Vignarajah
Thiru Vignarajah | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | December 18, 1976 |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Relatives | Krish O'Mara Vignarajah (sister) |
| Education | Yale University (BA) King's College London (MA) Harvard University (JD) |
Thiruvendran "Thiru" Vignarajah (born December 18, 1976) is an American lawyer and politician. He previously was Deputy Attorney General of Maryland. He is a litigation partner at the law firm DLA Piper in Baltimore. He has also been the lead attorney for the State of Maryland in the post-conviction appeals of Adnan Syed, who was convicted of murder in the high-profile 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee. He is a four-time candidate for Baltimore State's Attorney and mayor of Baltimore, having run for both positions twice and being defeated in the primary each time.