Nate Tan is a DC-based intellectual property litigator with a background in Biomedical Engineering.

Nate has experience in all phases of litigation, from pre-suit investigations through post-trial briefing.  Nate’s intellectual property practice spans patents, trade secrets, copyright, and related commercial matters.  He has been part of trial teams in jury trials, bench trials, ITC proceedings, and arbitrations.

An engineer by training, Nate leverages his technical background to advocate for clients across a range of industries, including AI, telecommunications, cloud computing, semiconductors and lithography, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals.  He frequently handles cross-border discovery, including under the Hague Evidence Convention.

Nate earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School, where he received the Dean’s Scholar Prize in Intellectual Property Litigation. He interned for the Honorable Dennis Saylor IV of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and for the Honorable Kathleen O’Malley of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He served on the submissions committee for the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology.

Before law school, Nate was a lecturer in biomedical engineering at the University of the Philippines. He holds a B.S. magna cum laude in biomedical engineering and with a B.A. summa cum laude in biology from Boston University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Nate maintains an active pro bono practice, most recently representing clients in removal proceedings before Immigration Court.  He has co-authored several amicus briefs filed in federal and state courts on issues such as free speech, religious freedom, and immigration.

An immigrant himself, Nate is fluent in Filipino.  He is admitted to practice in Maryland and Washington, D.C.