Nathan Judish

U.S. Dept. of Justice

Nathan is a Senior Counsel in the Computer Crime and Intellection Property Section of the Department of Justice. He specializes in issues related to obtaining electronic evidence in criminal investigations, including the Fourth and Fifth Amendments, the Stored Communications Act, and the Wiretap Act. His recent litigation has addressed topics such as: obtaining geofence location information from Google; compelling the owner of an encrypted device to assist with decryption; and the use of cell-site simulators to locate cell phones. He also assisted with drafting and defending the 2016 amendment to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure for remote access search warrants in investigations involving Internet anonymizing technologies or botnets. Nathan received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and an A.B. in History from Washington University in St. Louis, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a J.D., magna cum laude, from the Harvard Law School.