Nicholas Alexander Coulson

Nick Coulson is a trial lawyer who dedicates his practice to cases with complex legal and factual issues, including class actions, mass torts, and mass arbitrations. Nick is the rare lawyer (especially amongst those who prosecute class actions) who devotes significant time and effort to actually taking cases to trial. Apart from his more traditional legal qualifications, Nick is particularly proud to be a 2022 graduate of the three week trial skills college at the Gerry Spence Method at Thunderhead Ranch. That program teaches dedicated lawyers for people—not institutions of power—groundbreaking skills for presenting clients’ cases to a jury. Nick only advocates for real people, not corporations, insurance companies, banks, or powerful government.

Courts throughout the country have appointed Mr. Coulson to represent millions of people in dozens of class actions. Nick has been appointed as primary, lead, or co-lead class or interim class counsel in class actions involving consumer fraud, securities fraud, and serious environmental contamination. He has litigated class actions in state courts, federal district courts, and federal bankruptcy court. He has successfully litigated class action appeals in state and federal court, obtaining numerous published opinions.  He has also successfully litigated numerous appeals in class actions in both state and federal courts.