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)