Mr. Nader is a nationally recognized lawyer with extensive experience in insurance defense, including complex commercial and personal lines, property and automobile insurance claims, as well as Maritime matters. Mr. Nader has litigated cases involving the “bad faith” and fraud components of insurance defense. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Litigation at Tulane University, where he provides instruction on litigation techniques and strategy, as well as insurance related issues. He is licensed to practice in all courts in Louisiana and Texas.

Mr. Nader has authored articles in the areas of his expertise for various legal publications, including the American Bar Journal, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal and as a contributing editor for Marine News Magazine. He is a member of the Louisiana and Texas State Bar Associations, the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, the Advisory Panel for the ABA, The Council for Litigation Management (formally Council on Ethical Billing), the Admiralty, Maritime and Insurance Coverage sections of the American Bar Association, the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, and the Defense Research Institute.

• Insurance Coverage, Bad Faith and Insurance Fraud Litigation
• General Property and Automobile Insurance Casualty Litigation
• Admiralty Litigation

• AM Best’s Recommended Insurance Attorney
• Preeminent AV Rated in Ability and Ethics by Martindale Hubbell Peer Review

• All Louisiana Courts
• Louisiana Supreme Court
• All Texas Courts
• United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
• United States District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana
• United States District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas

• Loyola University School of Law, J.D. 1984

• Lobman, Carnahan, Batt, Angelle & Nader, 1990 – Present
• Hebert and Abbott, 1984 – 1990

• State Bar of Louisiana
• State Bar of Texas
• Defense Research Institute
• Adjunct Professor Tulane University
• Insurance Coverage Section of American Bar Association
• Council on Litigation Management
• Admiralty Section of American Bar Association
• The Advisory Panel for the American Bar Association
• Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel
• National Institute for Trial Advocacy
• American Bar Association

Legal Pulications and Presentations:

“Ethical Considerations for Property Insurance Adjusters”
Reid, Jones, McCrory and Williams 12th Annual Catastrophe Conference, San Antonio, Texas, March 2010

“Recent Developments in Insurance Coverage Litigation”
TORT TRIAL INSURANCE PRACTICE LAW JOURNAL, Winter 2007

“Ethical Considerations for Property Insurance Adjusters”
Mason Claims Service, Boerne, Texas, March 2008

“Ethics for Insurance Adjusters and Avoiding Bad Faith”
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Freeport, Illinois, June 2007

“Ethics for Property Adjusters"
Reid, Jones, McCrory and Williams Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 2006

“Bad Faith Litigation and Best Practices"
State Fare Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 1995

“An Exception to the Divers’ Exception?"
MARINE NEWS, February 2005

“Raising a Red Flag?"
MARINE NEWS, January 2005

“Location, Location, Location"
MARINE NEWS, November 2004

“Diver Down!!! An Exception to the General Test for Seaman Status?"
MARINE NEWS, July 2004

“Ferry Owners Beware . . . and Be Clear"
MARINE NEWS, March 2004

“Seaman’s Failure to Disclose Prior Injuries Forfeits Right to Maintenance & Cure Benefits"
MARINE NEWS, April 28, 2003

“Captains Not Able to Recover Under Jones Act"
MARINE NEWS, February 24, 2003

“Vessels Negligent Until Proven Otherwise"
MARINE NEWS, November 25, 2002

“Attorney’s Services are Not “Necessary” ..."
MARINE NEWS, October 14, 2002

“FMC Investigates Exclusive Tug Agreements in the Lower Mississippi River and Florida"
MARINE NEWS, June 10, 2002