Professor Nathanson received his B.A. cum laude From Tulane University and his J.D. cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center where he was an Editor for the Georgetown Immigration Law Journal. Before joining the faculty in 2001, he spent three years in the Healthcare Group at White & Williams and seven in the Environmental Coverage Group at ACE USA (formerly known as CIGNA Property & Casualty Co.)

Professor Nathanson's research and teaching interests focus on legal writing, health care law, sports law and baseball history.