Nancy A. Brechtel
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Practice Areas
- Class Actions
- Commercial Litigation
- Employment and Labor Law
- Environmental Litigation
- Insurance Defense, Coverage, Subrogation & Casualty
- Mass Tort/Toxic Tort Litigation
- Medical Malpractice
- Premises Liability
- Products Liability
Admissions
- State Bar of Louisiana
- United States District Court,
Eastern, Middle, & Western
Districts of Louisiana
- United States Court of Appeals,
Fifth Circuit
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Education
- J.D., Loyola University School of Law, cum laude (2002)
- B.A., University of Southern Mississippi, With Honors (1998)
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| General |
Nancy A. Brechtel has served as lead counsel for corporate clients in numerous commercial litigation, products
liability and toxic tort matters. She is experienced in handling complex insurance coverage disputes, class actions, as well as
medical malpractice matters.
Ms. Brechtel attended Loyola University School of Law on a full academic scholarship. While there, she was a
member of both Law Review and Moot Court. In 2000, she served as the brief writer as well as an oralist on
Loyola's first place team at the Stetson University International Environmental Law Moot Court Competition. Upon
graduation, she was named a William Crowe Scholar.
A lifelong resident of New Orleans, Ms. Brechtel relocated after Hurricane Katrina to Mandeville, Louisiana,
where she resides with her husband, Ben, and two sons, Grady and Logan. She currently serves as a board member and President
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Memberships and Affiliations |
- Louisiana State Bar Association
- St. Tammany Young Lawyers Association
- Defense Research Institute
- American Bar Association
- St. Tammany Young Lawyers Association, President and Board Member
- Covington Bar Association
- Women's Energy Network
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Presentations |
- Speaker: “Confronting Catastrophe: Pandemics, Hurricanes, Terrorists - Oh My!” American Bar
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Litigation Section CLE on Insurance Coverage, February 27, 2008, Tucson, Arizona
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Articles |
- Contributing Author: “The Role of Loss Adjusters and Consultants in the First-Party Insurance Claim: A
Policyholder Perspective,”
Committee on Insurance Coverage Litigation, Coverage, Vol. 17, No. 1, American Bar Association
(September/October 2006).
- Contributing Author: “Hurricane Katrina: It’s an Ill Wind That Blows No Good”, Panel
Presentation,
ABA 35th Annual Conference on Environmental Law, Keystone, Colorado, March 2006.
- Author: Independent Fire Insurance v. Sunbeam: Applying the Daubert-Foret Standard at the Summary Judgment
Level,
Casenote, 47 Loy. L. Review 943, Summer 2001.
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Dallas / Fort Worth
550 Bailey Avenue
Suite 600
Fort Worth, TX 76107
Phone: (817) 338-4500
Fax: (817) 338-4599
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New Orleans
650 Poydras Street
Suite 2810
New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone: (504) 568-9393
Fax: (504) 524-1933
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Houston
1990 Post Oak Blvd.
Suite 250
Houston, Texas 77056
Phone: (713) 627-9393
Fax: (713) 627-9395
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