Nicholas A. Valera
Associate
Nick Valera's litigation practice focuses on complex commercial matters before state and federal trial and appellate courts, as well as arbitrations. His broad litigation experience and practice includes class actions, administrative actions, regulatory enforcement, corporate governance, securities, real estate, trade secrets, and intellectual property. His litigation practice is informed by his time clerking for the Honorable Jamal N. Whitehead in the Western District of Washington.
Nick is an active member of the Western District of Washington's pro bono panel, serving as appointed counsel. He also serves as a Captain in the U.S. Army Reserve Judge Advocate General's Corps, counseling and advising soldiers and commanders as a judge advocate. Prior to law school, he served in the U.S. Peace Corps in Cameroon.
Telecom litigation
Software/IP litigation
E-commerce litigation
E-commerce litigation
Discrimination litigation
Admitted to Practice
- Washington, 2018
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
Education
- J.D., University of Washington School of Law, 2018
- Articles Editor: Washington Law Review
- B.A., Political Science and Philosophy, Seattle University, 2007
Languages
- French
Memberships & Affiliations
- Latino Bar Association of Washington
- Hispanic National Bar Association
Professional Recognition
- Selected to "Washington Rising Stars" in Litigation, 2022, and Business Litigation, 2023 – Thomson Reuters
Background
- Judicial Law Clerk, Hon. Jamal N. Whitehead, U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, 2023-2024
- Captain, Trial Counsel, 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Washington Army National Guard, Camp Murray, Wash., 2020-present
- Associate, 2018-2022; Summer Associate, 2017; 1L Diversity Fellow – Miller Nash LLP, Seattle
- Development Coordinator, Bike Works, Seattle, 2014-2015
- Resource Development Coordinator, Somali Community Services Coalition, SeaTac, Wash., 2013-2014
- Volunteer, U.S. Peace Corps, Cameroon, 2009-2011