Nicholas J. Neidzwski
Top rated Transportation & Maritime attorney in San Francisco, California
Boatlaw, LLP
Practice areas: Transportation & Maritime, Products Liability; view more
Licensed in California since: 2010
Education: Washington and Lee University School of Law
Selected to Rising Stars: 2018 - 2025 A partner at Boatlaw, LLP, Nicholas J. Neidzwski is a trial attorney representing individuals throughout California, Alaska, Oregon and Washington, in cases concerning maritime and personal injury law.
Practicing law in California for nearly one and a half decades, Mr. Neidzwski has successfully litigated numerous cases involving the Jones Act, general maritime law, and product liability on behalf of his clients in various courts, including in the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern and Central Districts of California, the Western District of Washington, the District of Oregon, the District of Alaska, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
Mr. Neidzwski grew up in New Jersey with a family spanning three generations under the same roof. Following graduation from Ramsey, New Jersey public high school, Mr. Neidzwski attended New York University for his undergraduate studies in music and business. After graduating with honors from NYU in 2007, he moved to Virginia and attended Washington and Lee University School of Law. At Washington and Lee Law, Mr. Neidzwski earned the position of executive editor of the school’s Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice, a publication focused on legal issues that affect historically underrepresented classes of persons.
Mr. Neidzwski remains focused and dedicated to the representation of individuals, not corporations, against many of the largest maritime employers in the United States.
Practice areas
Transportation/Maritime, Personal Injury - Products: PlaintiffFocus areas
Admiralty & Maritime Law
- 80% Transportation/Maritime
- 20% Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 2010, California
Professional Webpage: https://www.boatlaw.com/about-us/nicholas-j-neidzwski/
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
Educational Background
- New York University, B.M., Music & Business, Cum Laude, with Honors, 2007
- American Institute of Music, 2004
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
Honors
- 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
Office location for Nicholas J. Neidzwski
201 Spear St
Suite 1100
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: 360-526-0281
Selections
- Rising Stars: 2018 - 2025
