Where to even begin! Sean has been by my side, or rather lifting me up, every step of my journey to becoming a startup and venture attorney, and most recently a startup and venture partner at Perkins Coie! His firm reached out to me when I was a junior back at Paul, Weiss to say psssst you could be making the same amount of money, but repping startups and I couldn't believe it! Whistler helped me get my first startup role at Foley Hoag, knowing I wanted to keep doing M&A while learning startup. Then Whistler helped me navigate moving over to Fenwick where I fully committed to startup. And then Sean himself called me up to let me know he thought there might be a role for me at Perkins to help them scale their NY startup practice - literal matchmaking that none of us knew we needed, but Sean knew. B/c he knows everyone and everything there is to know about startup and venture legal recruiting. He helped me negotiate my offer, including a look at partner, and lo and behold I got that look and became a partner on the timeline I wanted. I'm eternally indebted to Sean. If you want to be a startup lawyer, you need to know Sean, no questions asked. He doesn't just open doors, he creates them. He's the best in the business! Thank you so much, Sean. So grateful for you.

- YASHREEKA HUQ
Partner at Perkins Coie