Nate Dudley is an attorney in the law firm of McGivney & Kluger, P.C. based in the Firm's Boston office. Nate focuses his practice on complex product liability litigation, including the defense of cases involving a variety of toxic materials, industrial machinery and pharmaceuticals. In addition, Nate's litigation practice also focuses on the defense of nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other healthcare professionals and organizations.

Before joining McGivney & Kluger, Nate served as General Counsel for a long term care company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. As General Counsel, Nate gained several years of experience in managing and resolving high exposure professional liability claims filed throughout the country. In addition to these claims, Nate was responsible for handling the company's employment litigation arising out of the company's five thousand employees as well as the defense of health care fraud investigations and False Claims Act litigation. Prior to being named General Counsel, Nate represented numerous major manufacturers of asbestos-containing products locally (Massachusetts), regionally (New England) and nationally. He represented these manufacturers against personal injury claims, property damage claims and Massachusetts Chapter 93A claims (as they related to the personal injury and property damage claims). In connection with this representation, Nate has represented manufacturing companies, distributors, contractors, pump and valve manufacturers and boiler manufacturers. Among the companies that Nate represented in the asbestos litigation (in all aspects of litigation including trial) included the following: members of the Center for Claims Resolution, GAF Corporation, U.S. Gypsum Company, National Gypsum Company, Georgia Pacific, Taco, Inc. and Riley Stoker Corporation.

As a result of this experience, Nate possesses substantial knowledge concerning the asbestos-containing products that were marketed and sold throughout the United States. In addition to his asbestos experience, Nate has significant experience in Pharmaceutical Litigation. Prior to joining McGivney & Kluger Nate was involved in the Fen-Phen Diet Drug Litigation. With respect to the Fen-Phen Litigation, Nate participated in the role of national coordinating counsel for two pharmaceutical clients in more than 20,000 individual and multi-party cases in federal courts and in the courts of all fifty states as well as Canada. He assisted in the coordination and direction of local counsel in all 50 states and the development and implementation of a state-of-the-art information and data systems to manage and coordinate the litigation. Nate was part of a team that achieved significant success in that litigation.