First Admitted: 2010, California

Bar/Professional Activity:

Washington and Lee University School of Law, Criminal Justice Clinic Member, 2009 - 2010
American Association for Justice
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
United States District Court, District of Alaska
United States District Court, District of Oregon
United States District Court, Southern District of California
United States District Court, Central District of California
United States District Court, Northern District of California
United States District Court, Western District of Washington
Alaska, 2018 - Present
Oregon, 2017 - Present
Washington, 2012 - Present
Arizona, 2011 - Present
California, 2010 - Present

Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):

Paul Aaron Savchenko, Plaintiff v. Icicle Seafoods, Inc. and L.F.K., Inc.,
Gilberto Santiago Otanez, Personal Representative of the Estate of Arnulfo Santiago Solis v. Richard E. Kelley, et al., Case No. 4:20-cv-04424 (United States District Court Northern District of California, June 14, 2021)
Damar Shaw, Plaintiff v. United States of America; Ocean Shipholdings, Inc., and Ocean Duchess, Inc., Defendants, Case No. 18-cv-06243-PJH (United States District Court Northern District of California, August 3, 2020)
Mark Hendsbee, Plaintiff v. CIRI Alaska Tourism Corporation, Defendant, Case No. 3AN-16-06535CI, 2018 AMC 2215, 2018 WL 6710952 (Anchorage Superior Court, April 13, 2018)
Ronald R. Burke, Plaintiff v. Willamette Jetboat Excursion, LLC, Defendant, Case No. 15 CV 03415 (Multnomah County Circuit Court, Feb. 8, 2016)
Icicle Seafoods, Inc. and L.F.K., Inc., Third-party Plaintiffs, v. Kari Marie Fisheries LLC and Mark Hjelle, Third-party Defendants, Case No. C11-2081-JCC, 2013

Honors/Awards:

Defended indigent clients facing criminal misdemeanor charges Kirgis Fellow mentor for first-year law students, 2008 - 2009, Washington and Lee University School of Law
Founders Day Award (Given for Outstanding Scholarship) Winner of the 2005 Concerto Competition (Solo trumpet performance with full orchestra, May 2005), New York University

Educational Background:

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

Washington and Lee University School of Law, Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice, Executive Editor, 2009 - 2010
The Unconstitutionality of Mississippi’s Employment Protection Act and A Framework For Assessing Similar State Immigration Laws, 16 Wash. & Lee J. Civ. Rts. & Soc. Just. 225, 2009, which was later cited by the Mississippi Business Journal in 2012
Washington and Lee University School of Law, Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice, Staff Writer, 2008 - 2009

Nicholas J. Neidzwski