Nicholas Arnold is a Partner at Blue Williams, LLC in New Orleans, Louisiana, whose practice centers on insurance fraud, staged accidents, misrepresentation, and complex claims defense. He represents insurers in high-exposure first- and third-party matters involving staged automobile and trucking accidents, fabricated or inflated injury and property claims, contractor and public-adjuster fraud, arson and fire losses, catastrophe fraud, and bad-faith allegations tied to disputed claims handling.
Nick is frequently retained to design early fraud and SIU-driven litigation strategies, dismantle organized accident rings and late-created damage theories, and develop evidentiary records through focused discovery, expert challenges, and dispositive motion practice. His work regularly targets improper causation theories, unreliable estimates, and pseudo-“industry standards” under Louisiana’s statutory and evidentiary framework.
A regional and national speaker, Nick presents to claims professionals, adjusters, and defense counsel on fraud indicators, staged-accident litigation, evidence exclusion, and claims handling best practices. He is active in the DRI, PLRB, CLM, IASIU, New Orleans Association of Defense Counsel, and the New Orleans Claims Association. He is admitted in Louisiana, Texas, and multiple federal courts, including the Fifth Circuit.