Areas of Practice
- Appellate Litigation
- Business & Commercial Litigation
- Environmental & Toxic Torts
- Health Care
- Insurance Coverage
Practice-Specific Experience
Education
- Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, J.D., 1993, cum laude; Loyola Law Review; Member and Alumni Coordinator, Loyola Moot Court Board; Alpha Sigma Nu National Honor Society; The Thomas More-Loyola Law School American Inn of Court
- Boston University, M.S. in Communications, 1990, cum laude
- Southern Methodist University, B.A. in Communications, 1987, cum laude
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1996
- Texas, 1993
Nadia de la Houssaye's practice focuses on complex matters relating to class action toxic tort litigation, environmental cleanup, insurance coverage litigation, appellate advocacy and medical malpractice defense. Ms. de la Houssaye has provided environmental advice and counsel to petroleum and industrial companies in Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) cost recovery and in private toxic tort claims involving Superfund sites in Louisiana and California. Ms. de la Houssaye also represents the Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund in the defense of medical malpractice claims, as well as the defense of the constitutionality of the Medical Malpractice Cap.
Ms. de la Houssaye is licensed to practice in Louisiana and Texas, and has extensive experience in both state and federal courts. She served as a law clerk for Judge Miriam Waltzer in the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans and was a professor of communications law at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
News
Publications
- "The Church's Liability for the Sexual Misconduct of the Clergy"
Published Comment, 39 Loyola Law Review 315, Summer 1993
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- American Inns of Court
- Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce
- Lafayette Bar Association
- Louisiana State Bar Association
- State Bar of Texas
