Natalie is a 2020 graduate of the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, magna cum laude, where she received numerous awards, including the Leon Seidman Memorial Fund Award and Cali Awards in her Lawyering Skills, Civil Procedure, and Environmental Law classes. She was also a First-Year Oral Advocacy Competition Top 8 Finalist. Natalie was a member and Notes Editor of the University of Louisville Law Review, as well as an Academic Fellow through the Success Skills Group Leader Public Service Fellowship. Further, during law school, Natalie interned with the Kentucky Innocence Project, worked with the Louisville Metro. Public Defender’s Appellate Division through the Greenbaum Public Service Program Fellowship, and completed an externship for the Honorable Regina S. Edwards of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.

Prior to law school, Natalie graduated magna cum laude from Bellarmine University, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Music Technology and Piano Pedagogy, as well as a minor in Spanish. She is an avid traveler, having studied abroad in Quito, Ecuador, visiting Machu Picchu during her time in South America, teaching English in Madrid, Spain, and exploring from Europe to Morocco.

Natalie brings prior experience working with special needs children, providing a unique perspective in cases involving students with disabilities and special education law. Her vast experience working first hand with differently abled people makes Natalie a natural choice for supplemental needs planning. She is fluent in Spanish, allowing Shaw & Nelson, PLLC to provide service to a diverse population of Kentuckians.

Natalie is admitted to practice law in Kentucky, and is seeking admission to Ohio.