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The Cravath Scale's Hidden Message About Career Control
The Cravath scale contains a hidden insight lying in plain sight: your career control peaks…
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Khurram’s Quorum – Ep 051: Alamdar Hamdani on Seeing around the corner in enforcement
Alamdar Hamdani is back on the podcast, but in a very different chair than last…
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Khurram’s Quorum – Ep 050: Shashi Kewalramani on compounding skills across a nonlinear career
Shashi Kewalramani has built a career most lawyers would not recognize as a career plan.…
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How to Transform Your Representative Matters Into Interview Wins
Most litigators waste their representative matters. They treat it as a raw dump of litigation…
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The Podcast Came First
People often say, "It must be good for your recruiting business to have a podcast."…
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Khurram’s Quorum – Ep 049: Louis Tompros on creating adjacent bets
Judge Richard Linn first pointed me toward Louis Tompros more than 13 years ago, telling…
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Khurram’s Quorum – Ep 048: Neel Chatterjee on testing assumptions
Neel Chatterjee is back on the podcast after more than two years, and a lot…
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What Catching the Red Line Taught Me About Successful Lawyers
Looking back, one of my most meaningful experiences in law school was catching the Red…
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Khurram’s Quorum – Ep 047: Tim Yoo on how to study elite performers to find an edge
Timothy Yoo is a first-chair trial lawyer who treats litigation like sport. This is Tim's…
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Why I Prioritize Sleep and How I'm Improving It
Early in my career, I worked with a partner who bragged that he slept 5…
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Legal Conference Tips: Renting a Legal Network
Most lawyers never realize they're renting their legal network. When you work at a law…
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3 Questions For A Patent Litigator Turned Legal Recruiter (Part I)
I was recently interviewed by Gaston Kroub for his column, and I'm glad to share…
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Khurram’s Quorum – Ep 046: Mani Walia on the lunch that launched a fund a decade later - trust, focus, and alignment
Mani Walia's career is a case study in how genuine relationships compound over time. When…
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Khurram’s Quorum – Ep 045: Joe Ahmad on sincerity over polish, and empathy and risk in trials
Joe Ahmad is a trial lawyer who’s tried 100+ cases and built his entire approach…
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How an Oura Ring Transformed My Approach to Health and Wellness in 2025
I never thought I'd be the type of person who obsessively checks health metrics. For…
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How to Build Your Legal Network
Most lawyers invest years into their education and craft — yet overlook the one asset…
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8 Patent Litigators Placed!
Big news! We just placed the 8th patent litigator of the year. This lawyer is…
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Why Working with Multiple Recruiters Backfires
Most lawyers think working with multiple recruiters gives them more options. It actually gives them…
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4 Firms Interviewing = 100% Offer Rate
The magic number of firms interviewing is 4. When a lawyer interviews at 4 firms,…
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Khurram’s Quorum – Ep 044: Patti Burris on turning fear into focus and freedom
Patti Burris had two kids and an associate’s degree when she started her path towards…
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Khurram’s Quorum – Ep 043: Priyanka Timblo on inside a $101M verdict, and being underestimated and all-in
Priyanka Timblo left the comfort of Paul Weiss to join a five-year-old litigation boutique, betting…
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Khurram’s Quorum – Ep 042: Judge Vince Chhabria on how case management is justice, and the biggest surprise from the bench
Judge Vince Chhabria is a district court judge in the Northern District of California. When…
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Khurram’s Quorum – Ep 041: Rakesh Kilaru on White House decision tools and “trial by subtraction” for high-stakes cases
Rakesh Kilaru is a partner at Wilkinson Stekloff. In a few years, Rakesh has resolved…
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Khurram’s Quorum – Ep 040: Dai Wai Chin Feman on optionality and business development for career control
Dai Wei Chin Feman is Managing Director and Corporate Counsel at Parabellum Capital, a litigation…
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Khurram’s Quorum – Ep 039: Ambika Kumar on building a new practice for tech free speech fights
When tech platforms face "bet-the-company" speech fights, they call Ambika Kumar. Starting as an associate…
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Khurram’s Quorum – Ep 038: Manisha Sheth on leaving partnership for government and betting on yourself
Quinn Emanuel partner Manisha Sheth has moved twice between elite private practice and high-stakes public…
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Khurram’s Quorum – Ep 037: Sunny Kim on quit BigLaw, own your narrative, LinkedIn upgrades in 20 minutes
Sunny Kim quit her BigLaw tax job without a backup plan, wrote one LinkedIn post…
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Khurram’s Quorum – Ep 036: Randy Gaw on niching and storytelling for firm founders
Randy Gaw left BigLaw in 2012 after an 11-month trial in San Diego convinced him…
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Khurram’s Quorum – Ep 035: Hilary Gerzhoy on why ethics failures start with fear, not greed
Hilary Gerzhoy advises lawyers, law firms, and GCs on the messiest, most human decisions in…
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Khurram’s Quorum – Ep 034: Jaimie Nawaday on Disrupting Drinking and culture change through storytelling
Jaimie Nawaday is the head of Seward & Kissel's Government Enforcement and Internal Investigations practice—and…
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Khurram’s Quorum – Ep 033: Vishal Shah on going plaintiff-side and the strategy in building a firm
Vishal Shah is the founder of Shah Litigation, a high-stakes employment litigation firm. Vishal is…
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Khurram’s Quorum – Ep 032: Pratik Shah on the market for appellate law and choosing your lane
Pratik Shah is the Practice Head of Akin's Supreme Court and appellate practice, and he…
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Khurram’s Quorum – Ep 031: Tim Yoo on what lawyers can learn from pro-wrestling, applied mathematics, and tennis
Tim Yoo is a partner at Bird Marella and probably one of the few lawyers…
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Headshots of Khurram Naik
These images may be used as headshots of Emma Larson for speaking and media appearances.…
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Khurram’s Quorum – Ep 030: Lora Krsulich on trust, parenting, and teams
Lora Krsulich is an associate at Goodwin and a rising star. After clerking in the…
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Khurram’s Quorum – Ep 029: Sonal Mehta on decisions under uncertainty and opportunity cost in litigation and careers
Sonal Mehta is a partner at WilmerHale, the managing partner of the firm's Silicon Valley…
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Khurram’s Quorum – Ep 028: Silpa Maruri on creativity, self-advocacy, and how to launch a law firm
Silpa Maruri graduated from law school in 2011, but her career trajectory has been anything…
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