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Nicholas Gonzalez

Managing Associate

San Francisco

As a litigator in Orrick's Supreme Court and Appellate group, Nicholas González handles high-stakes appeals and critical motions in courts across the nation.

At Orrick, Nick's practice focuses on tackling novel legal issues affecting leading technology companies and financial institutions—whether by offering pre-litigation counsel, or by developing winning arguments in trial and appellate courts nationwide. He also maintains a robust pro bono practice focused on immigrants' and prisoners' rights.

Before joining Orrick, Nick clerked for the Honorable Michelle T. Friedland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Honorable Jon S. Tigar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. He was also an associate at a leading litigation boutique in San Francisco.

During law school, Nick was a member of the Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, where he co-drafted merits-stage briefs in Holguin-Hernandez v. United States (2020) and Seila v. CFPB (2020), and co-drafted the successful certiorari petition in Lange v. California (2021).

    • As lead appellate counsel, Nick argued and won a precedent-setting victory for a domestic violence survivor in New York's appellate division
    • As lead appellate counsel, Nick obtained a full settlement in favor of a prisoner appealing an unfavorable district court decision before the Ninth Circuit