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Nanette L. Wesley
Phone: 678-242-8115
Fax: 678-242-8710
Email: nwesley@wesleyfirm.com
Nanette has practiced for twenty-five (25) years and spent most of her career in large law firms. Nanette focuses her practice on first-party and third-party coverage and defense throughout the South, including Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and South Carolina, in all state and federal courts. It is not unusual, however, for her to be litigating in other venues, as well, given the breadth of coverage she handles. She has tried, arbitrated and mediated hundreds of cases.
Nanette routinely addresses small and high exposure property claims, arising from both manuscript and form policies, and prosecutes and defends declaratory actions. Nanette’s practice involves all aspects of property loss, including commercial crime, complex business income loss, forensic accounting, fraud and misrepresentations in the application process, reservation of rights, and examinations under oath. Nanette has particular expertise in arson cases from the initial cause and origin investigation and works closely with adjusters and experts.
Nanette has substantial experience with Cat losses, including litigating hundreds of Hurricane Katrina and Rita claims in Louisiana and Mississippi state and federal courts. Nanette also has significant expertise in extra-contractual/bad faith litigation.
Nanette provides liability coverage opinions on common carrier, construction defect, bodily injury, personal injury, and adverting injury. Nanette also defends third-party liability claims arising from wrongful death, professional liability, construction defect, common carrier, and premises liability, and she has successfully defended multiple insured individuals and entities in federal and state courts.
Her practice includes automobile defense and coverage, and UM and UIM.
Nanette is also experienced in commercial litigation.
Nanette has been retained to manage or supervise litigation in all parts of the country on behalf of insurers for both property and liability claims.
Bar Admissions
Georgia, 1993
Tennessee, 1998
Education
Georgia State University College of Law, J.D. 1993 (Cum Laude)
- Honors: Graduated Top 7 Percent of the Class
- Honors: Member of nationally ranked Moot Court team, placed second in national competition
University of Texas, B.A. 1987, with honors
Honors and Awards
- AV® Preeminent Peer Review, Martindale Hubbell
- Law School Clerk for the late Justice Weltner of the Supreme Court of Georgia
