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Nathan M. Spatz, Partner

Nathan M. Spatz

Partner
Los Angeles

Partner, Los Angeles

T: +1.213.488.7458
T: +1.213.488.7458

Areas of Focus

Nathan 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.

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  • Represented a school district in a dispute involving the design and implementation of a district wide ERP software/hardware system. Certain modules failed, causing millions of dollars in widely publicized overpayments and underpayments, or non-payment, to thousands of teachers and other personnel.
  • 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.
  • Representative Opinions
    • Mitsubishi Materials Corp. v. Superior Court, 113 Cal.App.4th 55 (2003)
    • Chase Dennis Emergency Medical Group, Inc. v. Aetna U.S. Healthcare of California, Inc., 2003 WL 22222142 (2003)
    • Deutsch v. Turner Corp., 324 F.3d 692 (9th Cir. 2003)
    • In re World War II Era Japanese Forced Labor Litigation, 164 F.Supp.2d 1153 (N.D. Cal. 2001)

Professional Highlights

  • Recognized by Best Lawyers (published by BL Rankings LLC), Litigation – Real Estate (2020 – 2024)

Education

  • J.D., Boston University School of Law
    magna cum laude, Edward F. Hennessey Distinguished Scholar, Paul J. Liacos Distinguished Scholar, Editor, American Journal of Law and Medicine

    B.A., Economics and Political Science, The George Washington University
    magna cum laude

Admissions

  • California

Courts

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

    U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

    U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

    U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Clerkships

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

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