Nirav Bhardwaj is an associate in the Complex Litigation and Dispute Resolution group and the Digital Currency & Blockchain practice. He represents technology companies (from early-stage start-ups to public companies) and individual clients in a wide range of contested matters, including complex commercial litigation, trade secret disputes, business torts, and consumer class actions.
Nirav has experience in motion practice, discovery management, depositions, and trial.
Representative Matters
- Representing a former Google engineer in the defense of federal criminal indictment alleging the theft of AI trade secrets
- Representation of Bitcoin miners in alleged trade secret dispute relating to Bitcoin mining technology
- Representation of a large software company in a data breach putative class action
- Defending a globally recognized consumer products manufacturer in putative class actions alleging false advertising
- Representing a product manufacturer in an internal investigation regarding financial misconduct
- Providing IP counseling to a health tech company regarding a potential trade secret dispute
Professional Experience
Prior to joining Goodwin, Nirav was a Sacramento County Bar Association Fellow at a Sacramento-based law firm. He also worked as a research assistant and a teaching assistant at the UC Davis Law School and the Graduate School of Management.
Nirav served as an Articles Editor of the UC Davis Law Review.
Before becoming a lawyer, Nirav studied Islamic law for six years. He also worked in the player development and baseball operations department of a Major League Baseball team.
Credentials
Education
JD2023
University of California, Davis School of Law
MAIslamic Text Studies - Islamic Law
Zaytuna College
BAIslamic Law and Theology
Zaytuna College
BABusiness Administration
University of California, Irvine
Admissions
Bars
- California
Courts
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Publications
- Co-Author, “Navigating the NDCA'S New Whistleblower Protections in the Context of Trade Secret Misappropriation Claims,” California Lawyer Daily Journal, September 6, 2024
- Co-Author, “Fostering First-Gen Student Success in Law School,” Alabama Law Review
- Co-Author, "Navigating California’s Bans Against Non-compete Clauses," Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal, May 1, 2024
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:
- Speaker, “A Place for Prosperity in Islamic Economics.” International Muslim Intellectual Forum, Istanbul, Türkiye Feb. 2020
- Speaker, “Legal Theory and Theology: Islam’s Proscription of Ribā (Usury) and the Dilemma of Islamic Finance.” McGill Institute of Islamic Studies, Apr. 2019