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Attorney K. Jayaraman is admitted to practice law in Tennessee and New York. He is inter alia admitted to practice law before the U.S District Courts for the Western District of Tennessee, Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York, U.S Court of International Trade, New York, U.S Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the U.S Supreme Court, Washington, D.C.
He is a former law professor at the University of Memphis School of law. He has extensive experience in Criminal, Civil, and Immigration litigation and has won several cases, jury awards and federal and state appeals. More than a dozen of his federal cases have been recommended for full text publication by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He has argued more than 25 appeals in federal courts of appeals including an en banc case on the constitutionality of the Three Strikes statute. He has represented innumerable clients before the U.S District Courts, United States Court of Appeals, the United States Supreme Court and immigration tribunals. Apart from his law degree and Master's degree in English Language and Literature he holds an M.Phil and Ph. D degrees in international law (JNU New Delhi) and an LL.M in Admiralty from the Tulane Law School.
He has delivered lectures at various prestigious universities and Bar Associations including South Asian University Law School, New Delhi, Bangalore City Bar Association, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Center for Legal Studies at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and C.M.R Law School, Bangalore, India, on various subjects including, International Criminal Jurisdiction, Comparative Jurisprudence in U.S and Indian Legal systems, Diplomatic Immunity and Prosecution of Consular officers in the U.S under domestic laws etc.
His book on "Legal Regime of Islands" published in 1980 has immense contemporary relevance in view of the recent Chinese claims in the South China Sea including its unilateral claims on artificial islands in the South China Sea. His book discusses international rules on delimitation of maritime boundaries involving adjacent and opposite states involving islands.
He has received several awards, scholarships and seminar invitations including doctoral scholarship from The Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague, Holland, Scholarship to attend the 33rd session of the International Law Commission, Geneva, Switzerland, scholarship to attend the Center for Studies and Research on "State Responsibility for acts not Prohibited by International Law held at the The Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague, Holland and invitation to attend the International Institute of Humanitarian Law Conference on Large Scale Influx of Refugees, San Remo, Italy and the graduate Fellowship at the Tulane Law School.