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Nicolette S. Kraska
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NICOLETTE S. KRASKA

Associate

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New Orleans
T  504.299.6109
nkraska@liskow.com
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Practices

  • Maritime Litigation & Casualty Response

Blogs

  • The Energy Law Blog - Nicolette Kraska

Assistant

Deneen Stevenson

504.299.6105

“My approach is informed by my unique experience in chambers as a judicial law clerk and my past career as a damages consultant to major corporations and their counsel. My attention to detail is one of my greatest strengths, as well as my ability to think ten steps ahead when advising clients.”

Overview

Nicolette is an associate in the firm’s Maritime practice group based in New Orleans. Her practice covers litigation, contract drafting, and commercial disputes. Nicolette also maintains an active pro bono practice.

Prior to joining the firm, Nicolette served as a law clerk to the Honorable Eldon E. Fallon of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana and the Honorable Jacques L. Wiener of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Before law school, Nicolette was an economic and damages consultant for Kroll, LLC (formerly Duff & Phelps), providing expert witness services to high-profile clients involved in intellectual property litigation and licensing.

Nicolette received her Juris Doctor from Tulane University School of Law, where she earned the Admiralty and Maritime Law Certificate. Nicolette served as the Senior Articles Editor of the Tulane Law Review, President of the Tulane Maritime Law Society, and Student Attorney in the Civil Rights and Federal Practice Clinic and the Tulane University Legal Assistance Program.

Nicolette hails from the Midwest and grew up boating on Barkley and Kentucky Lakes and the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. Nicolette earned her boating license at a young age and helped her family crew maintain small and large powerboats. In recent years, Nicolette has spent time on powerboats around Florida’s Gulf Coast.

Involvement

  • Association for Women Attorneys, New Orleans Chapter, Board Member
  • The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, 2025 Pathfinder Program Participant
  • Federal Bar Association, New Orleans Chapter
  • New Orleans Bar Association
  • Louisiana State Bar Association

Recognition

  • Tulane Clinical Legal Education Outstanding Student/Team Award, 2020
  • CALI Excellence Award, Admiralty II, 2019
  • Class of 2020 Pro Bono Krewe
  • Tulane Law Dean’s Honor Scholarship and the William A. Lovett Law Endowed Scholarship

Credentials

Education

  • Tulane University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2020)
    • Tulane Law Review, Senior Articles Editor
    • Tulane Maritime Law Society, President
    • Maritime Certificate
    • Tulane Civil Rights and Federal Practice Clinic
    • Tulane University Legal Assistance Program
  • Emory University (B.A. in Political Science and Economics, 2013)

Bar Admissions

  • Louisiana, 2020

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District, Louisiana, 2021
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District, Louisiana, 2021
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, Louisiana, 2021
  • U.S. District Court, Western District, Louisiana, 2021

Clerkships

  • Law Clerk to the Honorable Jacques L. Wiener, Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2022 – 2023
  • Law Clerk to the Honorable Eldon E. Fallon, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 2020 – 2021

Presentations

  • "Recent Developments - Maritime Case Law Update," Liskow Maritime Seminar, October 15, 2024, Houston, Texas
  • “Perspectives from Federal Judicial Law Clerks,” Federal Bar Association’s Morning at the Courthouse, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 20, 2023

Publications

  • "The FMC's Latest Ruling on Detention Charges: What it Means for Ocean Carriers," Liskow's The Maritime Law Blog, February 19, 2025
  • "EPA Issues Much-Anticipated Final Rule Establishing National Standards of Performance for Vessel Incidental Discharges," Liskow's The Energy Law Blog, October 15, 2024
  • "EPA’s Proposed Rule on Vessel Incidental Discharges Brings VIDA One Step Closer to Full Implementation," Liskow's The Energy Law Blog, November 17, 2023
  • In re Crescent Energy: Measuring Contractual Saltiness Under the New Fifth Circuit Test, 93 Tul. L. Rev. 1021 (2019)
  • A Changing Tide: The Supreme Court’s Modified Position Toward the Presumption Against Extraterritoriality, 94 Tul. L. Rev. 611 (2020)

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