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Law Practice

Sep. 30, 2011

From 'Daily Doubles' to Supreme Court review

Amit Kurlekar, of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, defeated two contestants and won $18,801 on Jeopardy!. Now he's preparing for his first U.S. Supreme Court case.


By Kevin Lee


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Who would be more difficult to face, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court - or Alex Trebek?


For Amit Kurlekar, the answer is easy - he has already stared down the famous "Jeopardy!" game show host, defeating two contestants and winning $18,801 in episodes that aired earlier this month.


Now Kurlekar, San Francisco-based counsel at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, has to trans...

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