Nathan D Finch has over 30 years of experience representing people who were hurt or killed by corporations that put profits over people's health. In the early 1990s he represented coal miners who were injured or killed after their employers failed to follow their own safety rules. Beginning in the late 1990s, Mr. Finch began representing victims of asbestos exposure. His experience includes both individual cases before juries, as well as multi-plaintiff cases in bench trials before federal district court judges after asbestos companies and shareholders tried to use the bankruptcy process to defeat the claims of approximately 100,000 injured workers. Mr. Finch has extensive experience trying cases involving a wide variety of asbestos-containing products, including gaskets, automotive brakes, floor tiles, joint compounds, baby powder and various forms of insulation. Two of his most recent asbestos individual plaintiff jury trials resulted in jury verdicts in favor of his clients - a jury verdict of $3.45 million* for the family of an 80-year-old mesothelioma victim against an asbestos gasket company (Katcham v. John Crane, Inc. Newport News Virginia Circuit Court 2024) and a jury verdict of $2.7 million* in favor of a mesothelioma victim against a power company that used asbestos in its operations (Forehand v. VEPCO, Newport News Virginia Circuit Court 2025). Another relatively recent trial received national attention when Mr. Finch reached a settlement mid-trial against Baby Powder manufacturer Johnson & Johnson. In bench trials involving asbestos defendants, he has tried four cases to judgment where he won verdicts in favor of his clients that exceeded $1 billion* each: MOTLEY RICE CASE - In re Bondex ($1.1 billion*) (W.D. Pa. 2013). PRIOR TO MOTLEY RICE - In re Owens Corning ($7 billion*) (D.Del. 2005); In re Armstrong World Industries ($3 billion*) (D. Del. 2006); In re Turner & Newall ($9 billion*) (D.Del. 2005) When he isn't trying cases against asbestos companies, Mr. Finch represents individual smokers in cases against Big Tobacco, which intentionally designed their cigarettes to be highly addictive without telling smokers they were doing so. He has obtained plaintiffs' verdicts in several cases for smokers who started smoking in the 1960s (or earlier) before warnings were on the packages. Martindale- Hubbell® has recognized Mr. Finch as an AV® rated attorney for more than 20 years. He was a member of the Virginia Law Review and the Order of the Coif and is a former scholarship athlete on the varsity track and cross-country teams at the University of Virginia.
Nathan D Finch's Courses
["Virginia CLE: 6"]
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["Montana CLE Credit for Paralegals: 6","Montana CLE: 6"]
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["Montana CLE Credit for Paralegals: 6","Montana CLE: 6"]
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