About Nathan J. McGrath

Nathan J. McGrath

President & General Counsel

Nathan J. McGrath is President & General Counsel at the Fairness Center, where he oversees the firm’s general operations and litigation on behalf of those hurt by public-sector union officials. Nathan regularly advocates for the firm’s clients both in the court of law and in the court of public opinion. He has written opinion pieces for The Wall Street Journal, The Hill, and RealClear Politics, among other publications, and has appeared on radio and TV programs, including Fox News.

Nathan has testified before Congress about transparency and accountability within unions and has presented on labor history and law for the Federalist Society and Grove City College’s Institute for Faith and Freedom. Prior to joining the Fairness Center in 2016, Nathan was a staff attorney with the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, where he practiced constitutional, labor, and administrative law. He began his legal career as an associate attorney with Lawlor & Lawlor, P.C., in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Before practicing law, Nathan worked as a policy advisor for a member of Congress, where he handled, among other issues, the member’s labor policy.

Nathan received his law degree from Regent University School of Law in Virginia. He was a member of Regent’s Law Review and Trial Advocacy Board. During law school, he also spent two years as a judicial intern for a judge on the Virginia Court of Appeals. Nathan received his undergraduate degree from Grove City College in Pennsylvania.

In addition to his work at the Fairness Center, Nathan served a term as co-vice chair of the Pennsylvania Advisory Committee with the United States Commission on Civil Rights. He is also a founder and the chairman of the board of a non-profit organization that partners with homeschooling families to help parents provide their children with a classical education experience.