▁case ▁was ▁eventually ▁dropped . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁ear ning ▁roughly ▁$ 1 2 0 ▁million ▁a ▁year ▁during ▁his ▁peak ▁at ▁the ▁firm . ▁Qu attr one ▁is ▁now ▁head ▁of ▁invest ment ▁bank ing ▁firm ▁Q atal yst ▁Group , ▁which ▁he ▁founded ▁in ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁ ▁Life ▁and ▁career ▁Qu attr one ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁Philadelphia ▁and ▁attended ▁St . ▁Joseph ' s ▁Pre par atory ▁School ▁on ▁an ▁academic ▁scholar ship . ▁He ▁was ▁admitted ▁to ▁the ▁Wh art on ▁School ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Pennsylvania ▁and ▁graduated ▁with ▁hon ors . ▁Following ▁business ▁school ▁at ▁Stan ford ▁University , ▁he ▁began ▁work ▁at ▁Morgan ▁Stanley ' s ▁technology ▁invest ment ▁bank ing ▁group . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁Qu attr one ▁was ▁confront ed ▁with ▁evidence ▁of ▁alleg edly ▁inc rimin ating ▁emails ▁in ▁a ▁widely ▁public ized ▁series ▁of ▁tri als . ▁The ▁first ▁trial ▁resulted ▁in ▁a ▁hung ▁j ury . ▁The ▁second ▁trial ▁resulted ▁in ▁a ▁conv iction . ▁ ▁On ▁appeal ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Court ▁of ▁App e als ▁for ▁the ▁Second ▁Circ uit ▁revers ed ▁Qu attr one ' s ▁conv iction , ▁r uling , ▁based ▁in ▁part ▁upon ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁case ▁Arthur ▁Anders en ▁L LP ▁v . ▁United ▁States ▁that ▁Qu attr one ' s ▁j ury ▁had ▁been ▁given ▁err one ous ▁j ury ▁instructions . ▁ ▁The ▁appe als ▁court ▁also ▁agreed ▁with ▁the ▁defense ▁that