Chloe Nakaya

Chloe Nakaya is a Litigation Department associate who focuses their practice on commercial litigation and dispute resolution. Prior to joining Ballard Spahr, they served as a legal extern for the Office of the General Counsel at Oregon Public Broadcasting, where they drafted petitions to appeal denials of public record requests and conducted legal research for the managing attorney’s legislative advocacy committee.

Chloe also worked as a summer associate and George V. Powell Diversity Scholar at Lane Powell in 2024, before the firm’s combination with Ballard Spahr in January 2025. In this role, they routinely observed oral arguments, depositions, client meetings, and litigation team meetings. Chloe gained additional experience as a judicial bankruptcy extern and law clerk.

While attending law school, Chloe gained experience writing and editing for the University of Oregon School of Law’s Oregon Law Review and Oregon State Bar Creditor-Debtor Newsletter, as well as research experience and a deeper knowledge of substantive business law through a Lew and Ann Williams Business Law Fellowship.