A recent $400,000 settlement between aggrieved investors and developer M. “Shi” Shailendra is one in a series of legal moves untangling a knotted skein of lawsuits involving millions of dollars in claims against the prominent Indian businessman and community leader.

“All of these cases are going away; we’re getting Mr. Shailendra out of the litigation business,” said William Bird, who represents Shailendra along with Bird Law Group colleagues Jennifer Jordan and Amy Hadra.