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Jan. 6, 2025

Irrational Success

The founding partner at Alto Litigation bet on himself and that gamble is paying off.

From left: Joshua Korr, Bahram Seyedin-Noor, Bryan Ketroser

Longtime litigator Bahram Seyedin-Noor knows that many in the legal world view leaving big law to hang a shingle as a significant step down.

"We're a very status conscious profession," he said. "And I went from being a partner at Wilson Sonsini to starting my own firm. Everyone just assumes you got fired. They don't assume you're stupid enough to do something like that. Little do they know I am."

In the spring of 2013, Seyedin-No... (continued)

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