People

Overview

Nash Long is lead counsel for clients in high-stakes litigation across the country, with extensive trial and arbitration experience. Such matters have included environmental and toxic tort claims, class actions and putative class actions, and intellectual property and commercial disputes.

Nash currently serves as Chair-Elect of the American Bar Association's Litigation Section. A former chair of the ABA’s Trial Practice Committee, Nash has published books and articles on litigation and trial skills and taught courses for lawyers on litigation skills and ethics. He has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America (2010-2026) and by Chambers USA as a “Leader in the Field” (2014, 2019-2025).

Nash clerked for the Honorable Frank W. Bullock, Jr. in the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina from 1997 to 1998. Prior to his law career, Nash served as a probation officer in the district courts of Dallas County, Texas.

Admissions & Affiliations

  • District of Columbia Bar 
  • Member, American Bar Association (Vice Chair of the ABA Litigation Section for 2025-2026, Litigation Section; past Managing Director, Litigation Section; past co-chair, 2024 Section Annual Conference; past Chair, Membership 6. Marketing, past Chair, Trial Practice Committee)
  • Member, North Carolina Bar Association
  • Member, Mecklenburg County Bar Association
  • Fellow, American Bar Foundation

Education

  • J.D., Harvard Law School 1997
    magna cum laude
  • B.S., Political Science & History, Southern Methodist University 1993
    magna cum laude

Experience

  • Represented electric utility companies in defense of Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, and state law claims brought by federal or state agencies and/or environmental groups in state and federal courts across the country.
  • Represented electric utility companies and others in rulemaking litigations and administrative adjudications concerning environmental requirements.
  • Led defense of electric utility companies in toxic tort/property damage claims arising from power plant operations.
  • Represented large financial institutions and other Fortune 100 companies in arbitration of commercial disputes.
  • Obtained reversal of an award of punitive damages against a major financial institution in a class action in Missouri.
  • Coordinated the representation of a major financial institution in a series of real estate disputes in courts across the country.
  • Successfully defended a major financial institution in a patent infringement suit in the S.D.N.Y., in which the jury rendered a complete defense verdict of no infringement and invalidity of the plaintiff’s patent.

Awards and Community

Recognized as BTI Client Service All-Star, 2025-2026

Recognized as a Leader in Environment, North Carolina by Chambers USA, 2014, 2019-2025

Elected as a Member, American Law Institute, 2025

Selected as a member of 500 Leading U.S. Energy Lawyers Guide by Lawdragon, 2023-2025

Recognized as a Best Lawyer for Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Environmental and Litigation - Intellectual Property by The Best Lawyers in America, 2010-2026

Recommended for Energy Litigation: Conventional Power by The Legal 500 U.S., 2022

ABA Bar Leadership Institute, 2021