Nathan L. Powell is an associate in the Denver office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the Firm’s Litigation Department, as well as the Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Consumer Protection, Environmental Litigation and Mass Tort, and Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice Groups. Nathan has helped multinational companies across a variety of industries litigate complex commercial matters at the district court and appellate levels. His cross-disciplinary practice includes experience with trade secret litigation, environmental torts, contract disputes, data privacy and consumer protection, and securities matters.
Representative matters include:
- Representing a leading consumer electronics company in a high-stakes trade secrets litigation against a medical device manufacturer
- Defending a major social media company in a consumer protection lawsuit filed by the D.C. attorney general
- Representing a business executive charged with wire fraud in an appeal to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Representing luxury hotel owners in state court litigation to clear title involving the filing of fraudulent transfer deeds
- Representing a prominent social media company in a large-scale internal investigation following allegations of consumer data misuse
- Defending a global pharmaceutical and medical device company in connection with an investigation by the SEC and DOJ into alleged securities fraud and FCPA violations
- Representing a recycling company in litigation relating to an alleged breach of a long term supply contract
- Representing a major energy company in multiple environmental tort litigations and appeals
Nathan graduated cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 2017, where he was a senior editor of the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics and member of the Global Law Scholars. He earned his B.A. in Psychology, with a minor in Spanish, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2009.
Nathan is admitted to practice law in Colorado and California.
Capabilities
- Litigation
- Appellate and Constitutional Law
- Environmental Litigation and Mass Tort
- Intellectual Property
- Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Innovation
- Securities Litigation
- Tech and Innovation
- Transnational Litigation
Credentials
Education:
- Georgetown University - 2017 Juris Doctor
- Georgetown University - 2017 Master of Science
- University of North Carolina - 2009 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- California Bar
- Colorado Bar