OVERVIEW AND EXPERIENCE
Mr. Nader is a nationally recognized practitioner with over 25 years of litigation and trial experience in insurance defense. Mr. Nader has served as counsel for domestic and international insurance carriers in complex commercial and personal lines property matters, as well as automobile, transportation, and admiralty claims. During his years of practice, Mr. Nader has acquired a particular expertise in litigating large claims arising from catastrophes such as Hurricanes Katrina, Ike and Wilma and the Moore, Oklahoma Tornadoes. Mr. Nader has appeared as counsel and litigated matters in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina and Oklahoma. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Tulane University, where he teaches litigation and insurance related courses.
Mr. Nader obtained his law degree from Loyola University School of Law. Following law school, he attended the University of Notre Dame’s National Institute for Trial Advocacy.
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, Texas and Oklahoma State Bar Associations, the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, the Advisory Panel for the ABA, The Claims & Litigation Management Alliance, the Admiralty, Maritime and Insurance Coverage sections of the American Bar Association, the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, and the Defense Research Institute.
MARTINDALE-HUBBELL
PRACTICE AREAS
- Insurance Coverage, Bad Faith and Insurance Fraud Litigation
- General Property and Automobile Insurance Casualty Litigation
- Transportation Law
- Admiralty Litigation
- Ocean Marine and Motor Truck Cargo
- Construction Defects and Products Liability
HONORS
- AM Best’s Recommended Insurance Attorney
- Preeminent AV Rated in Ability and Ethics by Martindale Hubbell Peer Review
BAR ADMISSIONS
- Louisiana
- Texas
- Oklahoma
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- United States District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana
- United States District Court, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas
- United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
LEGAL EDUCATION
- Loyola University School of Law, J.D.
EMPLOYMENT
- Lobman, Carnahan, Batt, Angelle & Nader, 1990 – Present
- Hebert and Abbott, 1984 – 1990
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- State Bar of Louisiana
- State Bar of Texas
- State Bar of Oklahoma
- Defense Research Institute
- Adjunct Professor Tulane University
- Insurance Coverage Section of American Bar Association
- Claims & Litigation Management Alliance
- 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
- Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association
- Property Insurance Law Committee of the American Bar Association
- Automobile Law Committee of the American Bar Association
- Certified Wind® Umpire
LEGAL PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
IAT Insurance Group, July 2017
Centauri Insurance Claims Conference, May 2017
Mid-America Catastrophe Claims Conference, January 2017
Mid-America Catastrophe Claims Conference, January 2016
Hartford Insurance, 2014
Seibels Claims Conference, New Orleans, LA, December 2014
Centauri Insurance Claims Conference, New Orleans, LA, May 2014
Reid, Jones, McRorie and Williams 14th Annual Catastrophe Conference, New Orleans, LA, March 2012
Hartford Insurance Company, Naperville, IL, Winter 2011
Journal of Commerce Breakbulk and Transportation Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana; Panel Member
Reid, Jones, McRorie and Williams 12th Annual Catastrophe Conference, San Antonio, Texas, March 2010
TORT TRIAL INSURANCE PRACTICE LAW JOURNAL, Winter 2007
Mason Claims Service, Boerne, Texas, March 2008
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Freeport, Illinois, June 2007
Reid, Jones, McRorie and Williams Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 2006
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 1995
MARINE NEWS, February 2005
MARINE NEWS, January 2005
MARINE NEWS, November 2004
MARINE NEWS, July 2004
MARINE NEWS, March 2004
MARINE NEWS, April 28, 2003
MARINE NEWS, February 24, 2003
MARINE NEWS, November 25, 2002
MARINE NEWS, October 14, 2002
MARINE NEWS, June 10, 2002