Everyone has something to say. Natty Words, LLC can help you express it.

With a background in law, marketing, design, creative writing, and philosophy, Nat combines intelligence and creativity to convey complex ideas with both clarity and impact.

Nat writes and edits fast--and offers design and layout services for those who need it--to accurately inform, entertain, or persuade, depending on client needs. His services cover a wide spectrum of print and online projects--including ebooks, marketing materials, press releases, blogs, web content, feature articles, PowerPoint, book manuscripts, and academic papers. He works with businesses and individuals to creatively express their key messages, and helps promising first-time authors prepare their manuscripts for publication. Notable past projects include:




  • Melody Kapilialoha MacKenzie, Law and the Courts & D. Kapua`ala Sproat, Water, in The Value of Hawai`i: Knowing the Past, Shaping the Future (Craig Howes & Johnathan Kay Kamakawiwo`ole Osorio eds., 2010).
  • D. Kapua`ala Sproat, Ola I Ka Wai: A Legal Primer for Water Use and Management in Hawai`i (2009).
  • Ka Lama Kū O Ka No`eau: The Standing Torch of Wisdom: Selected Opinions of William S. Richardson, Chief Justice, Hawai`i Supreme Court, 1966-1982 (2009).
  • Creative Common Law Strategies for Protecting the Environment (Clifford Richtshaffen & Denise Antolini eds., 2007).

  • For inquiries, references, rates, or project quotes, please contact nattywords [AT] gmail [dot] com.

    About Nat




    Nat is an award-winning author and bibliophile with a lifelong affinity for words. He received a J.D. cum laude from the William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii at Manoa, and a B.A. in Philosophy and Creative Writing summa cum laude from Santa Clara University. He has served as the in-house publication manager and publisher liaison for an academic law center and has eight years of experience in preparing manuscripts of all subjects and genres for both print and online publication.  On the adjunct faculty at his alma mater, he has taught several courses in legal writing and research.



    Through Natty Words, LLC, Nat offers his copyediting and production expertise to a wide range of clients.  For inquiries, references, rates, or project quotes, please contact nattywords [AT] gmail [dot] com.



    Selected Works

    Perpetuating Cultures: What Fan-Based Activities Can Teach Us About Intangible Cultural Property, 44 Creighton L. Rev. 429 (2011).

    Copyrights Retold: How Interpretive Rights Foster Creativity and Justify Fan-Based Activities, 20 Seton Hall J. Sports & Ent. L. 131 (2010), reprinted at 57 J. Copyright Soc’y U.S.A. 987 (2011).

    When Holding On Means Letting Go: Why Fair Use Should Extend to Fan-Based Activities, 5 U. Denver Sports & Ent. L.J. 64 (2008).

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