“Lucky” is a word that Morgan Chu uses often. Lucky enough as a young lawyer to be tapped to take a major patent case to trial. Lucky enough to win—again and again. But what the Irell & Manella partner doesn’t say is that you also make your own luck.

Because you don’t get called “beyond doubt the most gifted trial lawyer in the USA” by Chambers thanks to luck, nor does Above the Law designate you as an “IP god” or The National Law Journal dub you a “giant killer.”