020 Paul Grewal: asymmetric bets, conspiracy theories, and the best question for career decisions
Khurram's Quorum · Khurram Naik
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Show Notes
Paul Grewal is the Chief Legal Officer at Coinbase. As the highly visible head lawyer at a company perennially making headlines, much of Paul's story and approach is well-known. This interview explores the lesser-known aspects of Paul's career moves: how Paul thinks about risk, the key question to ask in making a career change, and a conspiracy theory he can't shake.
- (09:12) - the financial and emotional changes in leaving practice for the bench
- (15:30) - the most challenging part of being a judge
- (22:10) - the most skillful advocacy he observed
- (48:27) - what made Coinbase an asymmetric bet
- (01:07:12) - how can more lawyers take risks
- (01:15:32) - what’s a decision he made that he wasn’t sure he got right
- (01:20:02) - what’s a conspiracy theory Paul believes in
- (01:26:20) - why Paul is so active on social media
- (01:36:40) - what Paul’s learned about storytelling
- (01:39:48) - the number one question to ask to make career decisions
- (01:41:55) - what his peers would say Paul is particularly good at
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.