James P. Nader
Practice Areas
- Directors and Officers Professional Liability
- Lawyers Professional Liability
- 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
Professional Associations
- State Bar of Louisiana
- State Bar of Texas
- State Bar of Oklahoma
- Defense Research Institute
- Insurance Coverage Section of American Bar Association
- Claims & Litigation Management Alliance
- Professional Liability Section of American Bar Association
- The Advisory Panel for the American Bar Association
- Association of Defense Counsel
- National Institute for Trial Advocacy
- Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association
- Property Insurance Law Committee of the American Bar Association
- Adjunct Professor Tulane University
- Certified Wind® Umpire
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.
Honors
- AM Best’s Recommended Insurance Attorney
- Preeminent AV Rated in Ability and Ethics by Martindale Hubbell Peer Review
- Outstanding Faculty Award – Tulane University
Legal Publications & Presentations
“Insurance Bad Faith and Ethics”
IAT Insurance Group
“Material Misrepresentations and Fraud”
Centauri Insurance Claims Conference
“Examinations Under Oath and Adjuster Depositions”
Mid-America Catastrophe Claims Conference
“Insurance Bad Faith and Ethics”
Mid-America Catastrophe Claims Conference
“Motor Truck Cargo Coverage”
Hartford Insurance
“Insurance Bad Faith and Ethics”
Seibels Claims Conference, New Orleans, LA
“The Minefield of Adjusting: Bad Faith for Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana”
Centauri Insurance Claims Conference, New Orleans, LA
“Bad Faith Insurance Claims for Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Mississippi, Georgia, and North Carolina”
14th Annual Catastrophe Conference, New Orleans, LA
“Insurance Coverage for Ocean Marine Cargo Claims”
Hartford Insurance Company, Naperville, IL
“Recent Developments in COGSA and Shipping Contracts”
Journal of Commerce Breakbulk and Transportation Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana; Panel Member
“Recent Developments in Insurance Coverage Litigation”
TORT TRIAL INSURANCE PRACTICE LAW JOURNAL
“Ethical Considerations for Property Insurance Adjusters”
Mason Claims Service, Boerne, Texas
“Ethics for Insurance Adjusters and Avoiding Bad Faith”
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Freeport, Illinois
“Bad Faith Litigation and Best Practices”
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, New Orleans, Louisiana
“Diver Down!!! An Exception to the General Test for Seaman Status?”
MARINE NEWS
“Ferry Owners Beware . . . and Be Clear”
MARINE NEWS
“Seaman’s Failure to Disclose Prior Injuries Forfeits Right to Maintenance & Cure Benefits”
MARINE NEWS
“Captains Not Able to Recover Under Jones Act”
MARINE NEWS
“Vessels Negligent Until Proven Otherwise”
MARINE NEWS
“Attorney’s Services are Not “Necessary” …”
MARINE NEWS
“FMC Investigates Exclusive Tug Agreements in the Lower Mississippi River and Florida”
MARINE NEWS
Overview & Experience
Mr. Nader is a nationally recognized trial lawyer with extensive experience in complex insurance, commercial, professional liability and tort litigation. Mr. Nader has served as lead counsel for domestic and foreign insurance carriers throughout the United States. He has successfully tried many jury and bench trials to verdict in state and federal courts. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Tulane University, where he has taught litigation and insurance related courses for more than twenty years.
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 where he received specialized training in litigation.
Mr. Nader has authored many articles on topics related to his expertise for 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.
