Nathan Patin

Nathan Patin is a director based in Denver, Colorado and head of the firm’s Digital Investigations practice. He leads the Digital Investigations Group (DIG), a company-wide team of more than a dozen investigators at the cutting edge of online investigations.

DIG’s diverse team ranges from former data and investigative journalists to federal agents and seasoned online researchers, all of whom bring deep expertise in uncovering hidden information on the internet.

Since joining the Mintz Group in 2016, Nathan has worked on hundreds of investigations, including matters involving asset tracing; cryptocurrency; intellectual property theft; and hack-and-leak campaigns. 

Nathan has been a member of award-winning investigative collective Bellingcat since 2015 and has provided digital investigations training for dozens of journalists, researchers and investigators around the world. He has been interviewed or cited by The New York Times, National Public Radio, CNN International, the Associated Press and other major media outlets. He has also presented his research at prominent conferences, including CYBERWARCON.

Nathan served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, where he created and taught the Hands-On Open-Source Investigation (SEST-656) course for master’s students in the Security Studies Program.