Neil Nazareth Lawyer Reviews & Ratings - New Orleans

Neil Nazareth Bio
Neil F. Nazareth is a litigation attorney and has made a career of helping victims of major industrial disasters and environmental exposures receive compensation for injuries and death.  Neil’s practice is focused on asbestos, environmental, products liability, toxic tort and complex maritime cases.  Along with his firm, Neil represented the first death case from the Deepwater Horizon explosion and represents several governmental and private landowners for their economic loss and environmental damages as a result of the oil spill and other contaminations.  In addition, Neil has represented many victims and their families for injuries and death from catastrophic incidents and for illnesses caused by asbestos exposure.  Neil was recognized by his peers for all of his good work when he was awarded the 2013 Louisiana Super Lawyers Rising Star recognition given to less than 2.5% of lawyers in Louisiana.  He was also awarded the Super Lawyers recognition in 2014,2015 and 2016.  Neil was recognized in St. Charles Avenue Magazine and Louisiana Life Magazine for this distinction.  Neil has been asked to give several presentations to lawyers and communities on topics including the Oil Pollution Act and Class Action Litigation, and most recently, he taught a CLE (continuing legal education) course to lawyers on Maintenance and Cure and Punitive Damages.  Neil will also be presenting at the 2017 AAJ annual conference in Boston.. Neil graduated from Louisiana State University where he was on the Dean’s List and Loyola University of New Orleans’ School of Law where he was on the Moot Court Board and was a Law Excellence Award recipient in several courses.. In addition to his active law practice, Neil is the President of the Academy of New Orleans Trial Lawyers, he serves on the Executive Board of the Admiralty Section of the AAJ where he is the Articles Editor ation and he is a mentor with the Executive Mentor Program of Loyola University of New Orleans.