019 Alamdar Hamdani: entrepreneurial civil service and the most underrated risk in the US
Khurram's Quorum · Khurram Naik
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Show Notes
Alamdar Hamdani is the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, one of the most important jurisdictions in the country. What I love about his story is that it’s the classic American story of how the son of poor immigrants in small-town Texas became the US attorney for one of the most important jurisdictions in the country.
But I discovered another equally American part of this story I hadn’t heard elsewhere - the story of the entrepreneurial civil service that led him to where he is today.
- (16:00) - the decision that changed his career
- (19:00) - how selling Sesame Street books led to the decision that changed his career
- (39:30) - how the South Asian bar led Alamdar to the US Attorney’s Office.
- (42:30) - the shocking story of how Alamdar accepted his role as Assistant US Attorney
- (47:00) - what role does taking big risks in your career
- (58:00) - the lawyers Alamdar met early in his career
- (01:11:30) - the “Mama rule”
- (01:27:30) - what’s the most underrated risk the US faces
- (01:32:30) - what are national trends in enforcement
About the host:
Khurram Naik is a partner at Freshwater Counsel, a boutique recruiting agency focused on patent litigators. Before founding the agency, he practiced patent litigation at Goodwin. Khurram hosts Khurram’s Quorum, a podcast with in-depth conversations with federal judges, first-chair trial lawyers, and chief legal officers on their career challenges and successes. Khurram also shares insights on LinkedIn.