In this Second Episode of the Elawvate Podcast, we spend time with a trailblazer, Kalpana Srinivasan. Part of being a successful trial lawyer is consistently making the right decisions. While that is easier said than done, Kalpana has done that her whole career. After graduating from Stanford Law School and receiving offers from all of the "big" firms, Kalpana accepted a job at the then four lawyer Los Angeles office of Susman Godfrey. She did that because she was impressed with the attorneys at the firm from top to bottom and saw them as people who would give her the opportunities to thrive and succeed. And that she did. Kalpana tried cases all over the country and consistently won -- including a $700 million verdict in Texas. Kalpana helped the firm grow its Los Angeles office and helped recruit the best of the best -- which included a significant number of female attorneys and minority attorneys. She is well liked both inside and outside the office and has become a leader in all professional aspects of law. Kalpana discusses her path, her vision for equality and unity in the practice of law, and shares her methods of succeeding without sacrificing happiness.
Breaking Glass Ceilings and Verdict Records with Kalpana Srinivasan
Listen NowKalpana Srinivasan is a graduate of Yale University, Stanford Law School, a trial lawyer with a $700 million verdict, co-managing partner of the Houston based law firm Susman Godfrey, a woman, and a South Asian. Her unparalleled success has paved the way for other talented minorities and females to reach their full potential in the field of law, particularly as a trial lawyer. In this Episode, Kalpana talks about how far we have come as a profession in reaching our goals of equality and where she believes we need to go from here. Kalpana also discusses how she stays happy while balancing her life as a trial lawyer, a managing partner, a mother, and a wife.
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About
Kalpana Srinivasan
Ms. Srinivasan tries high-stakes cases for plaintiffs and defendants in courtrooms across the country. Susman Godfrey’s co-managing partner and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, she has secured significant victories for her clients in trade secret, antitrust, patent, copyright, class action and other complex disputes.
Ms. Srinivasan’s recent representations include serving as lead trial counsel in an entertainment insurance coverage dispute; acting as Court-appointed co-lead counsel for a certified class of hundreds of millions of consumers impacted by anticompetitive conduct in mobile chipset sales; securing a court approved class action settlement for music copyright holders valued at over $100 million with music streaming service Spotify; and prosecuting telecommunications patents against the three major wireless carriers.
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