Nat Garrett litigates appeals in federal and California courts and complex cases in trial courts. Nat has argued appeals before the United States Supreme Court, the Ninth and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeals, and the California Court of Appeal involving legal issues in numerous areas of the law, including constitutional, trade secrets, employment, business torts, consumer class actions, environmental, and products liability.
Nat also regularly embeds with trial teams to write dispositive motions, formulate trial strategy, prepare jury instructions, preserve trial errors for appeal, and handle post-trial proceedings.
Nat is a certified appellate specialist by the California State Bar and a member of the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers. He has been recognized as a "Rising Star" for appellate litigation and one of the "Top 40 Under 40" attorneys in California by leading legal publications.
Experience
Additional Publications
- January 30, 2012
To Transfer or Not To Transfer: An MDL Overview, Law 360 Product Liability Reporter
- 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
Member, California Academy of Appellate Lawyers
Certified Appellate Specialist, California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization
The Best Lawyers in America — appellate practice (2021)
Legal 500 United States (2020)
Northern California Super Lawyers, Appellate "Super Lawyer" (2019-2020); "Rising Star" (2017-2018)
- 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)