Khurram's Quorum

By Khurram Naik

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Episodes: 55

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How elite lawyers make decisions.

Traditional legal media focuses on outcomes. But this podcast focuses on operating principles: how lawyers assess risk, build judgment, and choose opportunities.

The podcast is a library ambitious lawyers can consult to learn how exceptional lawyers think, and our guests return to document their progress.


Episode Date
055 Gopi Panchapakesan: the introverted trial lawyer
Jul 10, 2026
054 Adam Gill: dealmaking in risk management
Jun 16, 2026
053 Rohit Nath: how curiosity leads to the frontier
Jun 01, 2026
052 Tim Chen Saulsbury: doing the up-front work
May 13, 2026
051 Alamdar Hamdani: seeing around the corner in enforcement
Apr 15, 2026
050 Shashi Kewalramani: compounding skills across a nonlinear career
Apr 08, 2026
049 Louis Tompros: creating adjacent bets
Mar 17, 2026
048 Neel Chatterjee: testing assumptions
Mar 11, 2026
047 Tim Yoo: how to study elite performers to find an edge
Feb 26, 2026
046 Mani Walia: the lunch that launched a fund a decade later - trust, focus, and alignment
Jan 27, 2026
045 Joe Ahmad: sincerity over polish, and empathy and risk in trials
Jan 08, 2026
044 From teen mom to BigLaw: Patti Burris on turning fear into focus and freedom
Oct 31, 2025
043 Priyanka Timblo: inside a $101M verdict, and being underestimated and all-in
Oct 14, 2025
042 Judge Vince Chhabria: how case management is justice, and the biggest surprise from the bench
Aug 29, 2025
041 Rakesh Kilaru: White House decision tools and “trial by subtraction” for high-stakes cases
Aug 18, 2025
040 Dai Wai Chin Feman: optionality and business development for career control
Aug 18, 2025
039 Ambika Kumar: building a new practice for tech free speech fights
Jun 27, 2025
038 Manisha Sheth: leaving partnership for government and betting on yourself
May 30, 2025
037 Sunny Kim: quit BigLaw, own your narrative, LinkedIn upgrades in 20 minutes
May 16, 2025
036 Randy Gaw: niching and storytelling for firm founders
May 09, 2025
035 Hilary Gerzhoy: why ethics failures start with fear, not greed
May 02, 2025
034 Jaimie Nawaday: Disrupting Drinking and culture change through storytelling
Apr 25, 2025
033 Vishal Shah: going plaintiff-side and the strategy in building a firm
Jan 24, 2025
032 Pratik Shah: the market for appellate law and choosing your lane
Jan 16, 2025
031 Tim Yoo: what lawyers can learn from pro-wrestling, applied mathematics, and tennis
Jan 10, 2025
030 Fear as fuel for first-gen lawyers: Lora Krsulich on trust, parenting, and teams
Dec 20, 2024
029 Sonal Mehta: decisions under uncertainty and opportunity cost in litigation and careers
Jul 19, 2024
028 Silpa Maruri: creativity, self-advocacy, and how to launch a law firm
Jun 28, 2024
027 Samuel Levine: escape the prestige trap, change the law, and serve the poor
Jun 21, 2024
026 Heather Stevenson: from law to business to law and how to learn quickly
Jun 14, 2024
025 Kalpana Srinivasan: hip-hop dancing and gut decisions in career
May 02, 2024
024 Ryan McCarl: highbrow and lowbrow influences in legal writing and the book publishing journey
Apr 26, 2024
023 Moez Kaba: boldness and a career-changing subway conversation
Mar 08, 2024
022 Nimesh Gupta: moving from biglaw to bigtech to startups
Dec 15, 2023
021 Neel Chatterjee: moving fast and breaking things and counterintuitive career decisions
Dec 01, 2023
020 Paul Grewal: asymmetric bets, conspiracy theories, and the best question for career decisions
Aug 11, 2023
019 Alamdar Hamdani: entrepreneurial civil service and the most underrated risk in the US
Jul 14, 2023
018 Gurbir Grewal: nonlinear career paths through government
Sep 06, 2022
017 Amandeep Sidhu: turning tragedy into opportunity and a building a portfolio of causes
Aug 13, 2021
016 Avaneesh Marwaha: the #1 skill lawyers need to develop
Jul 30, 2021
015 Kenneth Anand: going your own way for career gratification
Apr 22, 2021
014 Manik Suri: inner confidence to follow new technologies
Mar 18, 2021
013 Judge Matthew Kennelly: how he manages his docket and how new ideas spread among judges
Mar 04, 2021
012 Chief Judge James Holderman: growing up on a farm and the hardest task he had on the bench
Feb 19, 2021
011 Archit Shah: building Robinhood's legal team
Feb 12, 2021
010 Megha Parekh: why perfectionism isn't the goal and being unapologetically yourself
Feb 05, 2021
009 Kunal Patel: lessons from working with celebrity musicians
Jan 29, 2021
008 Bilal Zaidi: insights from interviewing top creators
Jan 21, 2021
007 Ashwin Krishnan : the future of sports as entertainment
Jan 12, 2021
006 Sachin Shivaram: how Atlas Shrugged led him to the steel industry
Dec 29, 2020
005 Avanti Bakane: how to collect good people
Dec 24, 2020
004 Rudhir Krishtel: finding true autonomy
Dec 14, 2020
003 Vivek Jayaram: getting clients on Craigslist and building a law firm
Dec 09, 2020
002 Vineet Shahani: taking singles over career home runs
Nov 17, 2020
001 Adam Gill: how trading stocks led to litigation finance
Oct 19, 2020