Tell us about your biggest client wins this year. Winning a $706.2 million jury verdict for real estate analytics company, HouseCanary, in a trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract and fraud case against Title Source. After a two-month trial, a San Antonio jury found unanimously in HouseCanary's favor. The court entered judgment for $740 million and rejected a motion for a new trial earlier this year. Securing certification for a class of several hundreds million consumers impacted by Qualcomm's anticompetitive conduct. Finalizing and implementing a class action settlement with Spotify for over $100 million for copyright royalties owed to composition owners.

What's the best lesson you learned as a young lawyer? Never just "mail it in." Shine at everything you do, whether big or small, as it will be noticed.

What's been the most significant change in your practice area, and how have you adjusted? Intellectual property law is always evolving and changing; handling cases on both sides of the "v" helps me to stay sharp.

Share an interesting fact about your firm that few know. New lawyers sing their college or law school fight songs to the whole firm when they start; belting it out is the best way.

Kalpana Srinivasan is a partner based in Susman Godfrey's Los Angeles office.