JOSHUA KORR (Partner)
Josh is an experienced attorney who specializes in representing Silicon Valley companies, executives, and investors in high-stakes litigations. He has been named a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers (2023–2025), a “Future Star” and top “40 & Under Litigator” by Benchmark Litigation (2024–2025), and one of the “Ones to Watch” by Best Lawyers in America (2025).
Josh’s areas of expertise include:
securities litigation and corporate governance
commercial/business litigation
trade secrets litigation
internal investigations
Prior to joining Alto, Josh worked at Morrison & Foerster LLP, where he specialized in securities litigation and white-collar defense. Josh graduated in the top of his law school class at the University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco and then clerked at the Supreme Court of Hawai’i for the Honorable Paula A. Nakayama and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for the Honorable Richard R. Clifton. During law school, he served as an extern in the chambers of the Honorable Ming W. Chin at the California Supreme Court and the Honorable Jeffrey S. White at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
EDUCATION
University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco
(J.D., summa cum laude)
Executive Editor, Hastings Law Journal
Hampshire College
Music Composition
Latin American Literature
PRACTICE AREAS
Securities Litigation
Intellectual Property Litigation
Appellate Litigation
SEC Investigations
ADMISSIONS
Member, State Bar of California
Admissions: United States District Court for the Northern District of California; Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & ACTIVITIES
Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Hawaii, Richardson School of Law, Teaching Legal Writing
Leadership Council, Family Violence Appellate Project (2019–2021)
Supreme Court of Hawaii Pro Bono Project (2015)
Joshua also supports the Humane Societies of Marin and Hawaii, Advocates for Public Interest Law, Legal Aid of Marin, and the Impact Fund
Before entering law school, Josh was a professional musician who toured with notable world musicians all over North America.