Alto Litigation‘s San Francisco-based team is noted for its ’experience, strategic vision, and quality in practice’ on commercial disputes, with clients across healthcare, real estate, and financial services. Contentious mandates for the firm span trade secrets disputes, government regulatory investigations, and settlement agreements. Acclaimed as ‘one of the finest lawyers in the Bay Area for strategic matters’, Bahram Seyedin-Noor represents technology and logistics companies as well as fund managers and investment advisors in commercial litigation and arbitration proceedings, and has also acted on probate cases. Bryan Ketroser has been praised for his ’empathy and sharp legal insight’ and brings experience in securities litigation to trade secrets disputes and in venture capital litigation, and Joshua Korr has led on IP and probate litigation.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Boutique team that is directly led hands-on by its managing partner, litigation focused, highly organized, highly effective, honest and transparent. Strategic thinkers, while also pragmatic. Capable of managing complex issues across multiple jurisdictions.’
- 'What makes Alto stand out is that they are providing absolutely top-notch legal services. They are incredibly detail-oriented, and highly strategic. You can't get better legal advice than from them.’
- ‘Bahram was a pleasure to work with, probably the best lawyer I've developed a relationship with out of more than a dozen senior lawyers across jurisdictions over the years. Strong ethical guardrails and moral compass, pragmatic and honest, transparent, and diligent.’
- ‘Bryan Ketroser stands out as a wonderful person and a wonderful lawyer. He has a great mix of empathy and sharp legal insight.’
- ‘Bahram and the broader Alto Litigation team have extreme depth of experience, client empathy, effective creativity, and responsiveness. Their precision, strength, and overall competence comes through in their work and interactions, and they are a formidable force to have on one's side and to reckon with.’
- 'They have the experience, strategic vision, and quality in practice that enables them to perform at the level of a much larger firm. In particular, Bahram Seyedin-Noor has been tireless, extremely business savvy, and has a deep understanding of Silicon Valley and its business. One of the finest lawyers in the Bay Area for strategic matters.'
Key clients
- Polymath Holdings, Inc. and Lux 2 InvCo
- Ali Hashemi
- Mudflap, Inc.
- Arkshire Financial, LLC
- Freightmate Ai, Inc.
- Vanguard Properties, Inc. and several officers
- Judith Morely, Ana Morley
- James Burleson
Work highlights
Obtained an eight-figure settlement for Polymath Holdings, a venture fund suing a portfolio company, All.Health, and multiple executives for fraud.
Won a trade secrets arbitration with an award of compensatory, exemplary, and punitive damages for Mudflap.
Defeated a preliminary injunction motion in a high-stakes trade secrets matter on behalf of Vanguard Properties.
Practice head
Bahram Seyedin-Noor
Other key lawyers
Bryan Ketroser; Joshua Korr