Natasha Babazadeh is a litigation associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the firm’s Appellate & Constitutional Law, Privacy & Cybersecurity, and Technology Litigation practice groups.
Natasha has extensive experience in appellate advocacy and working on privacy and data security matters. From 2020 to 2024, Natasha served as an Attorney in the Appellate Section of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, where she drafted dozens of appellate briefs and argued before federal courts of appeals across the country. She also received the Department’s John Marshall award for outstanding participation in litigation for a housing case involving sex discrimination that resulted in a landmark $4.5 million settlement. And she led the Civil Rights Division’s Enforcement Committee on civil rights matters related to artificial intelligence. Prior to that, Natasha clerked on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals for the Honorable Jane B. Stranch and on the Northern District of Illinois for the Honorable Harry D. Leinenweber. And she served as the Appellate Advocacy Fellow with the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), where she drafted appellate briefs on privacy and data security matters.
Natasha received her law degree in 2017 from the UCLA School of Law. While in law school, she served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs and as the Founder and President of the Data Governance and Technology Association of Law (DGTAL). She also received her Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude from New York University, where she studied international politics and human rights and received the NYU President’s Service Award.
Natasha is a member of the State Bar of California and New York. She is admitted to practice law before the United States Courts of Appeals for the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and D.C. Circuits, as well as before the District Court for the Central District of California.
Capabilities
- Litigation
- Appellate and Constitutional Law
- Artificial Intelligence
- Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Innovation
- Technology Litigation
Credentials
Education:
- University of California, Los Angeles - 2017 Juris Doctor
- New York University - 2014 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- California Bar
- New York Bar
Clerkships:
- US Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit, Hon. Jane B. Stranch, 2019 - 2020
- USDC, Northern District of Illinois, Hon. Harry D. Leinenweber, 2018 - 2019