Haseeb Qureshi (HQ) is a licensed attorney who regularly consults and advises entrepreneurs and businesses throughout the region. HQ holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an additional major in psychology from Carnegie Mellon and a J.D. from the University of Tennessee College of Law. He has been a Tennessee licensed attorney since 2011 and a self-taught coder since 2000. While finishing his education, he had a short stint as a studio manager in Los Angeles.

HQ is a director on the Big Ears Festival board, a representative of the business community on the KUB Community Advisory Panel, has served on the Mayor’s Maker City Council and collaborated with the Knoxville mayor’s office to help businesses get federal relief through the pandemic. HQ is a founder of a past music technology company (Audiohand) and holds live music IP. HQ was an entrepreneur in residence at Morehous Legal Group until leaving in May 2022 to start Forthlaw PLLC, a business law firm focused on young and early businesses and their founders. HQ was named as a Legal Pioneerby the Tennessee Bar Association ​in 2018.