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Nick is a partner at Wagners whose practice focuses on medical malpractice litigation. Since joining the firm in 2018, he has represented patients and families in complex medical negligence claims. He also represents plaintiffs in provincial and national class actions involving pharmaceuticals, pathology errors, product liability, defective medical devices, institutional abuse, and environmental contamination.

In addition to his litigation practice, Nick is an Assistant Professor at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University, where he has taught Advanced Negligence: Medical Malpractice since 2024. He has published several peer-reviewed articles, with particular focuses on medical-legal causation and legal theory. His scholarship has been cited in leading legal textbooks, and his work on medicolegal causation was recently cited by the Supreme Court of Canada.

Originally from Saint John, New Brunswick, Nick received his law degree from the Schulich School of Law in 2017. During his studies, he was named to the Dean's List, received the Clifford Rae Achievement Award, and won prizes for the highest marks in contract law, jurisprudence, and health law. He was also awarded the JSD Tory Writing Award for the best paper of the 2017 academic year.

Nick subsequently completed a Master of Laws at Dalhousie, supported by a full scholarship and the George C. Thompson Fellowship in Law. He also clerked for the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia during his legal studies.

Nick completed his articles with Wagners and was called to the Nova Scotia Bar in 2019.

Before attending law school, Nick obtained a Bachelor of Arts in English. He is an avid reader, runner, and baseball fan.