Nate’s current and recent engagements include representations of:
- The founders and sellers of the original hard seltzer brand in an earnout dispute with its acquirer
- A leading financial services institution in a federal lawsuit against a large mortgage originator arising from a failed merger
- An investor in a rapidly growing ultra-premium rye whiskey brand in a high-profile control dispute with the company’s co-founder and CEO
- An investor in a popular, celebrity-endorsed moonshine whiskey brand in a dispute with the company’s founder and CEO
- The former president of a prominent art gallery in a forgery case dubbed “The Art Trial of the Century” by ArtNews
- Insurers responding to claims under representations and warranties policies issued in connection with merger and acquisition transactions, including two pending court cases
- Plaintiffs in an antitrust class action addressing pricing and marketing of EpiPens
- A large retailer in a federal antitrust opt-out action based on price-fixing by producers of canned tuna
- An international bank in litigation related to the collapse of a multi-billion dollar mortgage-backed commercial paper facility following a fraud by the transaction’s sponsor
- A leading real estate developer in multiple lawsuits involving a former business partner
- A leading financial institution in a federal securities opt-out action seeking damages for admitted financial fraud
- A pharmaceutical company and its board members in a federal securities lawsuit and a related shareholder derivative action
- A provider of technological services for the legal profession in a contract dispute with a former provider of consulting services
- A prominent publisher defending intellectual property claims arising from a bestselling book satirizing a Hollywood celebrity
- Individual corporate executives in employment-related disputes
- Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude; Notes Chair, Harvard Law Review; Member of Winning Team, Ames Moot Court Competition
- Oxford University, D.Phil., Philosophy
- Harvard College, A.B., Philosophy
- Note, Original Meaning and Its Limits, 120 Harv. L. Rev. 1279 (2007)
- The Supreme Court, 2004 Term – Leading Cases, 119 Harv. L. Rev. 169, 366 (2005) (comment on Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd., 545 U.S. 913 (2005))
- Recent Case, 118 Harv. L. Rev. 794 (2004) (comment on United States v. Johnson, 380 F.3d 1013 (7th Cir. 2004))
- New York
- U.S. District Court: Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court: Eastern District of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals: Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals: Ninth Circuit
- Hon. Pamela Ann Rymer, U.S. Court of Appeals: Ninth Circuit