Nate Braun is a business litigator with a demonstrated track record of success at the pretrial, trial, and appellate levels. He has successfully represented clients in more than 100 disputes in the western United States. Nate’s trial and appellate experience enable him to identify risks and areas for further investigation early on – and to advise clients on the prosecution and defense of claims before they become sources of major exposure or money sinks.

Nate also has a decade of experience advising both policyholders and insurers on their insurance coverage rights and obligations under a range of insurance coverages and reinsurance treaties. He is well-versed in commercial general liability, business property and business interruption, intellectual property, errors and omissions, professional liability, employment practices liability, construction, commercial auto and umbrella/excess coverages. Since 2016 Nate has been a contributing editor of the New Appleman California Insurance Law practice guide published by Matthew Bender and Lexis.

He has taken 6 matters through trial or arbitration in the last 5 years, with verdicts or favorable settlements for his clients in each. For his successes, Nate has been recognized as a Southern California Super Lawyers “Rising Star” for 2016 through 2013, a Top 100 Rising Star from 2018 through 2023, and has been recognized as a Super Lawyer for 2025 through 2027, a distinction awarded to only a small percentage of attorneys in each state.

Nate was raised in Southern California and is a proud graduate of the UCLA School of Law, where he served on the board of the Moot Court Honors program. He lives in Encino with his wife, their two children, and an elderly goldfish.