Nicholas Nardi practices in insurance coverage law, assisting insurers and reinsurers with navigating high-value and technically complex environmental, mass tort, and construction defect claims in Oregon and Washington.
Nicholas counsels insurers regarding primary and umbrella general liability, management liability, automobile, and agricultural policies, and he has contributed to the development of key appellate law affecting insurers in Oregon and Washington.
Admissions
Oregon
District of Columbia
Washington
Education
J.D., Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College, 1998
B.A., Tufts University, 1994
Expérience
Representing reinsurer in connection with mass tort claim concerning thousands of claimants seeking damages arising out of voyeurism at a local school district.
Represented insurers in coverage action concerning environmental contamination at industrial sites adjacent to the Willamette River. Successfully appealed to the Oregon Supreme Court regarding the insurers’ duty to indemnify.
Representing insurers of major PRPs in connection with in-water contamination claims at the Portland Harbor Superfund Site by the US EPA, and soil and groundwater contamination claims by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.
Represented primary insurer of a glass factory which allegedly caused metals contamination resulting in class action litigation by city residents.
Represented primary insurer of a municipality allegedly liable to numerous citizens and businesses in connection with city-wide protests in 2020.
