Nathan Severson

Nathan is a trial lawyer who leads SW&L’s Personal Injury department. One of Nathan’s passions in the law is helping people and families who have had their life catastrophically changed due to a semi truck crash.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Nathan has been with SW&L since 2013. Prior to that, Nathan worked for a large insurance defense personal injury firm in Las Vegas, Nevada, since 2005. This provided Nathan valuable insight into how insurance companies and the defense operates, and lit the fire in Nathan to fight against the unfairness in personal injury cases almost always caused by the insurance companies involved.

EDUCATION HISTORY

Following high school, Nathan attended NDSU earning a degree in political science, with a minor in business administration. For a year after college, Nathan worked for a company that served North Dakota and Minnesota with house arrest services for individuals accused or convicted of crimes, which gave him insight into the judicial system.

Nathan attended the University of North Dakota School of Law. There, Nathan concentrated on courses and activities related to becoming a trial lawyer. While at UND, Nathan earned an externship placement with Judge Kermit Bye in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, was accepted into the Order of the Coif (awarded to the top 10% of the graduating class), was named to The Order of Barristers (for recognition of advocacy skills), was selected to the UND School of Law Moot Court Association, and graduated with distinction.