Howard L. Nations Honored with 2009 Southern Trial Lawyers Association Warhorse Award
New Orleans, 20 February 2009 — Attorney Howard L. Nations was honored with the 2009 Warhorse Award at the Southern Trial Lawyers Annual Conference in New Orleans.
The Warhorse Award recognizes three of the nation’s most extraordinary trial lawyers; honorees are “acknowledged leaders in their communities, they have been in active practice for more than thirty years, demonstrated outstanding skill as trial advocates, and shown exceptional commitment to furthering the cause of justice.” Mr. Nations and fellow Warhorse Award winners were each bestowed with a solid bronze rearing stallion sculpture by renowned artist Pierre Pierce.
Howard Nations is board certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization as both a personal injury trial lawyer and a civil trial lawyer. He is board certified on the national level as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocates, and is certified as a Diplomate of Trial Advocacy by the National College of Advocacy. Mr. Nations received his law degree from Vanderbilt University and a bachelor of arts degree from Florida State University. His career has been acknowledged with listings in Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Law, and Who's Who in Finance and Industry.
As a leader of the trial bar, Mr. Nations serves as President of The Aletheia Institute. He served on the Executive Committee and as an officer of the American Association for Justice from July 1990-1995, serving as Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. He is a Past-President of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Past-President of the Southern Trial Lawyers Association, Past President (2010) of the Melvin Belli Society and Trustee of the American Jury Foundation. Mr. Nations sits on numerous advisory boards and is extensively published.
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