Larry Allen Nathans

Education:

Mr. Nathans is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Florida, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree, with High Honors, in 1978 after having only spent 6 1/2 years in college and high school. He received his law degree from Northeastern University School of Law in 1982.

During his second and third years of law school, Mr. Nathans clerked at several prominent law firms and public interest legal advocacy groups: The National Prison Project of the ACLU (Washington, D.C.); Rosen & Remcho (San Francisco, CA); The Center for Constitutional Rights (New York, NY); and Wickwire, Lewis, Goldmark, and Schorr. (Seattle, WA).

Speeches & Appearances:

Mr. Nathans is a regular lecturer at national and Maryland criminal defense programs, including serving as a panel moderator at the American Bar Association (ABA) White Collar annual seminar and as the only criminal defense attorney presenter at a seminar for newly appointed Federal District Court Judges. His publication, Federal Sentencing Downward Departures, was the preeminent text on federal sentencing mitigation.

Mr. Nathans lectures include the following topics: Defending White Collar cases; Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit Criminal Law; federal and state criminal trials; representing clients charged with various fraud offenses; cross-examining informants and cooperating witnesses; opening statements; making presentations to the government to stop criminal charges; sentencing mitigation; investigating federal criminal cases; dealing with the press in high profile cases; filing pretrial motions in federal court; effective use of federal 17(c) subpoenas; representing cooperating witnesses; attacking search and seizure warrants; detention and pretrial release issues; pretrial motions; forging new paths in demonstrative evidence; character and impeachment evidence; raising mental health issues at sentencing; Bureau of Prisons classification policies; how to impeach the government's witnesses; plea bargaining under the federal sentencing guidelines; legal ethics; and freeing the wrongfully convicted.

Mr. Nathans has appeared on ABC's Good Morning America, Fox National News, Court Television, Black Entertainment Television, National Public Radio, and all of the local Baltimore and District of Columbia area television stations.

Awards:

• Recipient of the 2002 Leadership in Law Award presented by the Daily Record, Maryland's legal publication. The award honors efforts to better the legal system, the community, and mentoring efforts that promote a strong generation of future professional and community leaders.
• Elected in 2003 to become a Fellow of the Maryland Bar, an honor reserved for only 1% of the members of the state bar.
• Selected by his peers for inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America® for 2008-2025 (White Collar and Non-White Collar Criminal Defense). Mr. Nathans was also recognized in Best Lawyers as the Baltimore Lawyer of the Year for While Collar Criminal Defense (2021-2025) and General Criminal Defense (2015).
• Selected by his colleagues for inclusion in the Maryland Super Lawyers® for 2008-2025 in the area of White Collar Criminal Defense.
• Nathans & Biddle has been chosen by their peers for inclusion in U.S. News 2010-2025 listing of Tier 1 White Collar Criminal Defense and Criminal Defense firms in Maryland.
• Martindale-Hubbell® has continually given Mr. Nathans its highest AV® Rated/Rating for more than 25 years in a row.

Leadership Positions and Professional Associations:

• Former Chairperson of the American Bar Association's (ABA) White Collar Crime Subcommittee on Federal Sentencing (1999-2006)
• Past President of the Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys' Association (2002-2003)
• Past Vice-Chairperson of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyer's (NACDL) Post-Conviction and Sentencing Committee
• Former Member - University of Maryland's Law School's Leadership Forum
• Former Member - Practitioner's Advisory Group to the Federal Sentencing Commission
• Member - Federal Bar Association
• Member - Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys' Association
• Member - National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Member - American Bar Association (Criminal Law Section)
• Member - Serjeants' Inn Law Club

Personal:

Mr. Nathans has two children. One in the financial industry and the other is a sports performance analyst for a Division I football team. Mr. Nathans has served as a coach for the LTRC Blue Knights Football, Towsontowne Recreational Basketball, Mount Washington Soccer, and Roland Park Baseball.