I enjoy drawing on my experience at the highest levels of federal government and in the courts to help solve clients’ pressing challenges. Having navigated the complexities of federal grantmaking, loan programs, environmental review, litigation, and regulation, I help states, transit agencies, airports, and others advance their major projects and resolve novel, high-stakes regulatory and litigation matters.
Subash brings a significant depth of legal and public policy experience to the firm. As Acting General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Transportation, he led the Department’s regulatory, enforcement, and litigation efforts and supervised legal review of federal grant and loan programs. He also worked closely with the Department’s senior leadership to respond to high-stakes safety and emergency matters and oversaw a team of nearly 500 attorneys. Subash was previously Chief Counsel of the Federal Transit Administration. There, he worked with transit agencies to advance many critical projects, helped implement the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021, and focused on critical safety issues. He has experience working at a transit agency as well. He served as special counsel to the largest North American transit agency, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York, where he worked on various governance and oversight matters.
Before his government service, Subash was a trial and appellate litigator, playing a significant role in multiple Supreme Court and court of appeals victories. He also served as a law clerk to three federal judges, including Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court.
His work at the Firm includes advising transit agencies and airports nationwide on high-stakes regulatory and litigation matters, major capital projects, federal grant and loan funding, rail and airline industry mergers and bankruptcies, and environmental review.
