Khurram's Quorum
Each episode explores career decision-making, leadership, and the realities of building a durable legal career—beyond resumes, rankings, and headlines.
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Show Notes
Ep 055: Gopi Panchapakesan on the introverted trial lawyer Ep 054: Adam Gill on dealmaking in risk management Ep 053: Rohit Nath on how curiosity leads to the frontier Ep 052: Tim Chen Saulsbury on doing the up-front work Ep 051: Alamdar Hamdani on Seeing around the corner in enforcement Ep 050: Shashi Kewalramani on compounding skills across a nonlinear career Ep 049: Louis Tompros on creating adjacent bets Ep 048: Neel Chatterjee on testing assumptions Ep 047: Tim Yoo on how to study elite performers to find an edge Ep 046: Mani Walia on the lunch that launched a fund a decade later - trust, focus, and alignment Ep 045: Joe Ahmad on sincerity over polish, and empathy and risk in trials Ep 044: Patti Burris on turning fear into focus and freedom Ep 043: Priyanka Timblo on inside a $101M verdict, and being underestimated and all-in Ep 042: Judge Vince Chhabria on how case management is justice, and the biggest surprise from the bench Ep 041: Rakesh Kilaru on White House decision tools and “trial by subtraction” for high-stakes cases Ep 040: Dai Wai Chin Feman on optionality and business development for career control Ep 039: Ambika Kumar on building a new practice for tech free speech fights Ep 038: Manisha Sheth on leaving partnership for government and betting on yourself Ep 037: Sunny Kim on quit BigLaw, own your narrative, LinkedIn upgrades in 20 minutes Ep 036: Randy Gaw on niching and storytelling for firm founders Ep 035: Hilary Gerzhoy on why ethics failures start with fear, not greed Ep 034: Jaimie Nawaday on Disrupting Drinking and culture change through storytelling Ep 033: Vishal Shah on going plaintiff-side and the strategy in building a firm Ep 032: Pratik Shah on the market for appellate law and choosing your lane Ep 031: Tim Yoo on what lawyers can learn from pro-wrestling, applied mathematics, and tennis Ep 030: Lora Krsulich on trust, parenting, and teams Ep 029: Sonal Mehta on decisions under uncertainty and opportunity cost in litigation and careers Ep 028: Silpa Maruri on creativity, self-advocacy, and how to launch a law firm Ep 027: Samuel Levine on escape the prestige trap, change the law, and serve the poor Ep 026: Heather Stevenson on from law to business to law and how to learn quickly Ep 025: Kalpana Srinivasan on hip-hop dancing and gut decisions in career Ep 024: Ryan McCarl on highbrow and lowbrow influences in legal writing and the book publishing journey Ep 023: Moez Kaba on boldness and a career-changing subway conversation Ep 022: Nimesh Gupta on moving from biglaw to bigtech to startups Ep 021: Neel Chatterjee on moving fast and breaking things and counterintuitive career decisions Ep 020: Paul Grewal on asymmetric bets, conspiracy theories, and the best question for career decisions Ep 019: Alamdar Hamdani on entrepreneurial civil service and the most underrated risk in the US Ep 018: Gurbir Grewal on nonlinear career paths through government Ep 017: Amandeep Sidhu on turning tragedy into opportunity and building a portfolio of causes Ep 016: Avaneesh Marwaha on the #1 skill lawyers need to develop Ep 015: Kenneth Anand on going your own way for career gratification Ep 014: Manik Suri on inner confidence to follow new technologies 