Nooshin Namazi
Top rated Insurance Coverage attorney in New York, New York
Nicoletti Hornig Namazi Eckert & Sheehan
Practice areas: Insurance Coverage, Transportation & Maritime; view more
Licensed in New York since: 1994
Education: Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Languages spoken: English, Persian (Farsi)
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332-373-1029
Nicoletti Hornig Namazi Eckert & Sheehan
Wall Street Plaza88 Pine Street
New York, NY 10005 Visit website
Nooshin Namazi has over two decades of experience litigating and advising international and domestic insurance underwriters on complex insurance coverage matters nationwide involving all aspects of maritime commerce including open cargo policies, cargo legal liability, commercial general liability, hull and P&I and other types of insurance contracts. Nooshin regularly counsels and defends multi-national freight forwarding and transportation industry clients nationwide (in federal and state courts) and in International Courts. Nooshin and her team of U.S. and International colleagues provide a wide range of Trade Advisory services to the firm’s multi-national clients including regulatory filings with the Federal Maritime Commission, U.S. Custom and Border Protection, the Department of Transportation, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Transportation Security Administration, the office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) and other agencies. Nooshin also counsels underwriters on their policy forms and other clients on their commercial transactions, including the drafting of the contracts and other documents needed to effect their business goals.
Practice areas
Insurance Coverage, Transportation/MaritimeFocus areas
Admiralty & Maritime Law, Insurance
- 60% Insurance Coverage
- 40% Transportation/Maritime
First Admitted: 1993, New Jersey
Professional Webpage: https://nicolettihornig.com/team/nooshin-namazi/
Bar / Professional Activity
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey
- New Jersey
- U.S. District Court Northern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
- New York
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- In a litigation entitled Y-Tex Corporation v. Schenker, Inc., etc. pending in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, Seattle, I successfully defended and defeated a well-settled and worldwide recognized forum selection clause compelling litigation in Germany. The decision is published at 2011 WL 2292352., 2011
Transactions
- I have in the last 3 years conducted the asset purchase agreement/deals on behalf of an insurance broker in acquisition of other small market brokers., 2011
Special Licenses / Certifications
- Licenced in the state of NY as well as the Federal District courts in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, New Jersey state courts, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court
Educational Background
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, M.S.W., C.S.W., 1985
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, B.A., 1983
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- IUMI Cape Town, South Africa – The U.S. Sanctions Laws and Their Impact on The Global Marine Insurance Market
- Insurance Industry Seminar – Nature and Extent of Consequential Damages Under New York Law
- AIMU Seminar – Misappropriation Exclusion in Ocean Marine Insurance Policies
- AIMU Marine Insurance Seminar – All Risks Coverage Control of Damaged Goods
- AIMU/MICA Seminar, COVID-19 – Property and Marine Insurance Policies
- Nordic Marine Insurance Day, Stockholm, Sweden – E.U. Privacy Rights and U.S. Sanctions Regime
Honors
- The Best Lawyers in America® (2026)
- AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
- Super Lawyers, New York Metro (Civil Litigation Defense, 2010 – Present)
- Super Lawyers, New York Corporate Counsel (Insurance, Civil Litigation Defense, 2009 – Present)
- Super Lawyers, New York Metro (2025)
Industry Groups
- The Maritime Law Association
Office location for Nooshin Namazi
Wall Street Plaza
88 Pine Street
New York, NY 10005
Phone: 332-373-1029
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2009 - 2010, 2012 - 2026