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High-Stakes Litigator.      

Expert Negotiator.

Advocate for Businesses & Entrepreneurs. 

Who I Represent

I work with founders, executives, creative entrepreneurs, growth-stage companies, and mission-driven brands. My clients come to me when something meaningful is on the line—ownership, revenue, control, or reputation—and they need legal strategy that aligns with business risk.

Whether it’s a dispute, a transaction, or a turning point, I represent clients who want discipline, clarity, and leverage.

What Makes My Practice Different

I don’t just “look over contracts” or “respond to legal threats.” I help clients make decisions that protect their position, preserve value, and move things forward. I bring 15+ years of experience handling litigation, negotiations, deal structuring, and legal strategy across startups, media, and capital markets.

Clients don’t hire me to play defense. They hire me to think like a partner, operate with precision, and deliver results that hold up—in court, at the table, and in the press.

Background & Early Career (2008–2013)

After graduating with High Honors from USC Gould School of Law, I joined Kaye Scholer LLP (now Arnold & Porter), where I advised on multi-billion-dollar transactions for institutional clients. By 27, I launched my own practice—and within a year was featured on the cover of the Los Angeles Daily Journal.

From the outset, I took on complex, high-profile matters. In 2011, I sued the Grammy-nominated band Foster the People on behalf of a music manager client—serving them at their album release event. That case helped establish me as a litigator unafraid of controversy or scrutiny.

During this period, I also served as legal advisor to the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in Los Angeles, overseeing legal services for more than 30,000 Saudi nationals across the western U.S. Simultaneously, I helped revive the Venice Basketball League—later co-founding a nonprofit that used sport to drive community, diplomacy, and advocacy.

High-Stakes Counsel & Thought Leadership 

Since 2019, my practice has been focused exclusively on high-stakes litigation and complex business transactions. I represent founders, C-level executives, and companies facing meaningful exposure or opportunity—equity disputes, investor conflict, multi-party litigation, or large-dollar exits.

Education

J.D., USC Gould School of Law – High Honors, Dean’s Scholar, Merit Scholarship

B.A., Government & Politics, University of Maryland – cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Personal

I was raised just outside Washington, D.C., the son of a clinical psychologist and a telecommunications engineer. My grandfathers—both WWII veterans—earned graduate degrees through the GI Bill. Their paths instilled in me a belief in clarity, discipline, and the idea that the law should both protect and empower.

Larisa Migachyov is a patent attorney and Of Counsel for the Law Offices of Nate Kelly, leading our patent practice since 2016, representing startups and inventors. 

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Larisa brings ample technical and legal skill to the firm, and has great sensitivity to the needs of inventors, having obtained a patent herself (U.S. Pat. No. 6,304,840) while at Stanford and invented several other devices.

After graduating with a Masters degree in biomechanical engineering from Stanford University, Larisa worked as a mechanical engineer for several years before opening her own design consulting firm, serving individual inventors and assisting them with design for manufacturability, industrial design, prototype creation, and the drafting of patent drawings. ​She then passed the Patent Bar and practiced in that capacity while attending law school at the University of Pennsylvania. 

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After graduating from law school, Larisa worked for the prestigious firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, specializing in patent litigation, before opening an independent practice.

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Larisa is fluent in Russian and is very happy to work with Russian-speaking clients. 

In her spare time, Larisa composes and performs Ragtime music, and is the world’s most prolific female Ragtime composer.

EDUCATION

University of Pennsylvania, JD, 2009.

Stanford University, MS, 2000, Biomechanical Engineering.

National Science Foundation Fellow

University of Minnesota, BS, Mechanical Engineering, minor in Mathematics, 1997

Human/Machine Design Lab