Nirav Bhardwaj

Associate
Nirav Bhardwaj
Silicon Valley
+1 650 752 3402
Nirav Bhardwaj is an associate in Goodwin’s Litigation department. He joined Goodwin in 2023.

Professional Experience

While attending law school, Nirav worked at a Sacramento-based law firm as a Sacramento County Bar Association Fellow. He also worked as a research assistant and a teaching assistant at the Law School and the Graduate School of Management.

Nirav served as an Articles Editor of the UC Davis Law Review.

Prior to law school, Nirav studied Islamic Law for six years. He also worked in the player development and baseball operations departments of a Major League Baseball team.

Credentials

Education

JD2023

University of California, Davis School of Law

MAIslamic Text Studies - Islamic Law

Zaytuna College

(magna cum laude)

BA

Zaytuna College

(magna cum laude)

BA

University of California, Irvine

(Chancellor’s Award of Distinction)

Admissions

Bars

  • California

Publications

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

  • Speaker, “A Place for Prosperity in Islamic Economics.” International Muslim Intellectual Forum, Feb. 2020
  • Speaker, “Legal Theory and Theology: Islam’s Proscription of Ribā (Usury) and the Dilemma of Islamic Finance.” McGill Institute of Islamic Studies, Apr. 2019