Natalie Kaliss - Coblentz Law

Details

P 415.268.0596

F 415.989.1663

nkaliss@coblentzlaw.com

Education

J.D.

University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (2023)
B.S.

Georgetown University (2018)

Practices

Litigation

Natalie Kaliss represents companies and individuals in complex civil litigation, white-collar criminal defense, and government investigations. Her civil practice encompasses high-stakes commercial disputes and consumer class actions. She has served on trial teams for major food and sports clients, drafting motions in limine and motions to compel, managing privilege reviews, preparing fact and expert deposition outlines, developing case strategy, and preparing for trial. She also brings extensive experience managing complex discovery, conducting internal investigations, and advising clients through all phases of multidistrict litigation.

In her white-collar criminal defense and regulatory practice, Natalie represents clients in federal criminal investigations, securities enforcement matters, and parallel civil proceedings. She has drafted legal memoranda and motions, prepared materials for presentations to the U.S. Department of Justice, coordinated responses to grand jury subpoenas, and worked with multidisciplinary teams on complex investigations. Additionally, Natalie brings direct courtroom experience from serving as second chair in a felony criminal trial that resulted in a full acquittal.

Natalie maintains an active pro bono practice focusing on immigration defense and post-conviction advocacy. She has also briefed and argued an asylum appeal before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and successfully secured compassionate release for a woman who was abused while in prison.

Before joining Coblentz, Natalie was an associate with Latham & Watkins LLP. She previously served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Jon S. Tigar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Natalie earned her J.D. from UC Berkeley School of Law in 2023. She earned her B.S. from Georgetown University in 2018.

Natalie speaks Spanish and is conversant in Portuguese.

David A. Carrillo, Joshua Spivak, Natalie Kaliss & Jared Madnick, “California’s Recall Is Not Overpowered,” 62 Santa Clara L. Rev. 481 (2022)

Natalie Kaliss, “Life, Law, & Logic: The Supreme Court and Abortion Laws in the U.S.,” Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice (2021)