About Nathaniel Wallace

Nathaniel Wallace is an Associate Attorney at Meirowitz & Wasserberg whose practice focuses on cancer-related lawsuits, including asbestos and mass tort cases. He joined the firm in 2023, bringing both professional and personal experience with cancer litigation that drives his empathetic, client-focused advocacy.

Before joining Meirowitz & Wasserberg, Nathaniel worked at Chicago-area firms handling a wide variety of plaintiffs' matters, including nursing home cases, toxic tort, mass tort, premises liability, civil rights, maritime, railroad, and automobile cases. He has been recognized as an Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Star every year from 2020 through 2025.

Nathaniel earned his Juris Doctor from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where he made the Dean's List and served as a brief writer for the ABA Moot Court Team. He completed his 711 License and participated in the Community Law Clinic as a guardian ad litem. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy from Michigan State University. He is admitted to practice in Illinois and before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Meirowitz & Wasserberg, LLP

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A Richland County jury unanimously awarded $32 million, including $10 million in punitive damages against Kraft Heinz, after finding that secondhand asbestos fibers carried home on work clothes caused Kathy Weist's fatal mesothelioma diagnosis.

South Carolina Court of Common Pleas, 5th Judicial Circuit, Richland County (No. 2020-CP-40-02597) · 2021Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$23.6 millionVerdictTop 20 in Massachusetts · #14

A Boston jury found on Sept. 13, 2024 that Cimbar Performance Minerals misrepresented the safety of its Elite Talc 2000 and that its negligence helped cause a Utah man's mesothelioma, which was diagnosed seven years after he received talc during a 2014 pleurodesis. It is the first known verdict on that theory. The jury awarded about $39.1 million, and the trial judge later cut the future pain and suffering item from $21.5 million to $6 million. About $23.6 million stood.

Massachusetts Superior Court, Boston · 2024Product LiabilityRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Loyola University Chicago School of Law
JD
Michigan State University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of IL
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Awards & recognition

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