Nathan Spatz

Nathan M. Spatz, the leader of Pillsbury’s Los Angeles Litigation team, is a skilled trial and appellate lawyer with significant alternative dispute resolution (ADR) experience. Nathan, a commercial litigator and trial lawyer, resolves complex disputes.

His practice encompasses financial services matters, including secured/unsecured loans and receiverships; disputes affecting companies in the healthcare industry; real estate disputes; class action defense; disputes between government contractors and their subcontractors; prosecuting and defending constitutional law matters; and other multifaceted commercial litigation matters.

From the onset of every engagement, Nathan crafts thoughtful approaches that are guided by his clients’ fiscal and strategic goals.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE :

• Tried a case of first impression regarding a high-profile constitutional challenge to a local ordinance in Los Angeles.
• Prevailed in a lengthy commercial litigation matter involving a runway-adjacent aircraft manufacturing facility in Long Beach, Calif., that resulted in a $26 million damage award to his client.
• Mounted a successful defense for a financial institution in four U.S. class actions alleging unfair business practices and contract claims related to foreign currency transactions.
• Prosecuted a $50 million binding arbitration and related foreclosure litigation on behalf of a major financial institution arising from the Chrysler bankruptcy, obtaining a full recovery for the lender, including legal fees, and defeating all claims for recovery against the lender, including lender liability claims.

EDUCATION :

• J.D., Boston University School of Law
• B.A., Economics and Political Science, The George Washington University

ADMISSIONS : California

COURTS :

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• U.S. District Courts for the Central, Northern, and Southern Districts of California

CLERKSHIPS : Judicial Extern, Judge William G. Young, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts