Nat Garrett is an appellate litigator with particular experience in the 9th Circuit and California appellate courts. Nat has argued appeals before the United States Supreme Court, federal circuit courts, and the California Court of Appeal across constitutional, trade secrets, employment, business torts, consumer class actions, securities, and product liability matters. He also regularly embeds with trial teams to formulate and drive strategy through dispositive motions and jury instructions, while capturing trial errors for appeal and handling post-trial proceedings.
Nat represents clients such as SAP, Experian, Chevron, Medtronic, and the Judicial Council of California. Recent appellate wins include defending summary judgment for the Chief Justice of California on claims for disparate impact age discrimination, affirming dismissal of claims under the Fair Credit Reporting Act against Experian for lack of standing, and affirming a jury verdict for trade secret misappropriation on behalf of Applied Medical.
After graduating from Stanford Law School, Nat clerked on the 9th Circuit and in the Northern District of California. He is a certified appellate specialist by the California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization and an officer of the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers.
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Weitere Veröffentlichungen
- January 30, 2012
To Transfer or Not To Transfer: An MDL Overview, Law 360 Product Liability Reporter
"Nathaniel has excellent litigation skills, knows how to analyze and craft arguments, communicates effectively and efficiently and works well in collaboration with our in-house counsel attorneys."Chambers USA
- Stanford University (J.D. 2006; Order of the Coif; Best Brief and Overall Team, Marion Rice Kirkwood Moot Court Competition; Hilmer Oehlmann Jr. Legal Writing Prize; Olaus & Adolph Murie Award in Environmental Law); Yale University (B.A. cum laude 2000; distinction in the major of political science; Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society)
- California
Chambers USA: California appellate (2024-2025)
The Best Lawyers in America: appellate practice (2021-2025)
Northern California Super Lawyers, Appellate "Super Lawyer" (2019-2024); "Rising Star" (2017-2018)
Daily Journal: "Top 40 Under 40" (2017)
Legal 500 US: trade secrets (litigation) (2021, 2023)
- Law Clerk to: Judge Charles R. Breyer, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (2007-2008) and Judge Raymond C. Fisher, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (2006-2007)