REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE Nick’s recent representative experience includes:
- Obtaining defense judgment after trial in Texas federal court for a large insurer sued for fraud and rescission in connection with the sale of a Medicare supplement book of business.
- Representing a major corporation in ERISA class action claims based on the allegedly wrongful purchase of company stock by 401(k) plans and obtaining dismissal with prejudice of all claims in Georgia federal court.
- Successfully representing the trustees of a large multi-employer pension fund in several matters in different federal courts, including class actions alleging breach of ERISA duties.
- Obtaining dismissal of an ERISA class action against a major issuer of 403(b) annuities in Washington federal court.
- Numerous arbitrations of reinsurance disputes.
- Several matters litigating against statutory liquidators of large insurers.
PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS
- Recipient, West Publishing Company CJS Award for “most significant contribution toward legal scholarship” in recognition of law review work (1981)
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Member, Board of Directors, and former National Co-chair, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- Volunteer Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union
- Volunteer Attorney, Legal Counsel for the Elderly
- Past President, Harvard Club of Washington, D.C.
- Former Regional Director, Harvard Alumni Association
- Member, Board of Directors, Center for Genetics, Nutrition and Health, an affiliate of the American Association for World Health
- Member, Executive Committee, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth International Conferences on Nutrition and Fitness in Greece (1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004)
RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- Author, "Attorneys’ Liability Developments in 2009: The Rise and Fall of the ‘Red Flags’ Rule Regarding Attorneys," Professional Liability, ABA Litigation Committee Annual Review (April 2010)
- Co-author, "First 100 days and labor law," Daily Report (May 2009)
- Co-author, “Ruling Fails to Define Role of Settlement Classes,” The National Law Journal (September 8, 1997)
- Co-author, “Maybe Reinsurers Can’t Bow Out,” Legal Times (January 13, 1997)
- Author, “The Interview Process: Tiptoeing Through a Minefield,” The Greater Washington Board of Trade News (Oct. 1996)
- Author, “Who Rules on Bankruptcies?” Global Reinsurance (Dec. 1993–Feb. 1994 issue)
- Speaker, “Cross Examining Experts,” Eminent Domain: Condemnation and Land Use Conference (May 4–5, 2006)
