Nathan Bess - a Pensacola, Florida (FL) Mass Torts Lawyer

Pensacola Mass Torts Lawyer

Updated: 03/10/2026

Areas of Practice

Mass Torts
Environmental Law
Toxic Torts
Class Actions

Litigation: 100%

Attorney Information

Overview

Nathan Bess was a Wilkins Scholar at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. He received his law degree from the Levin College of Law at the University of Florida, where he also completed a certificate in Environmental and Land Use Law.

While in law school, Mr. Bess served as a Teaching Assistant (Legal Research and Writing, Appellate Advocacy), Election Commissioner, member of the Honor Committee, Moderator and Speakers Chair for the Public Interest Environmental Conference, Local Chair for the Annual Conference of the National Association of Environmental Law Societies, Vice-President of the Environmental and Land Use Law Society, and was a member of Phi Delta Phi, a legal honor society. He was also a member of the American Law and Economics Society. Additionally, Mr. Bess was a founding member of the Florida Journal of Ecology and Environmental Law, for which he served as Articles Editor. Also during law school, Mr. Bess clerked for several law firms practicing class action toxic torts and public interest environmental law.

Mr. Bess is a member of the Community Investment Committee of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund.

Nathan Bess currently practices in the areas of Environmental Law, Toxic Torts, Pharmaceutical Mass Torts, and other complex litigation. He is licensed to practice before all Florida state courts and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. He is a member of the Florida Bar Association, the American Bar Association (and the Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources), and the First Circuit Justice Association.

Education

Legal Education
- University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida
  J.D.
Non Legal Education
- University of The South, Sewanee, Tennessee
  B.A.
  Major: Economics

Current Employment Position(s)

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Associate
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Languages

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German
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Classes and Seminars

Landlord-Tenant Law-Green Building Practices, Sterling Education, 2009 - 2011

Pro Bono Activities

EPA Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund, Community Investment Committee, 2008 - 2011

Bar Admissions

Florida, 2008
U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida, 2008
U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee, 2009

Other Affiliations

ABA (Member)
AAJ (Member)
ESRBA (Member)

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Pensacola, FL

17 East Main Street
Suite 200
Pensacola, FL 32502 - 5998

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Fax: 850-916-7449

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Website: http://www.awkolaw.com

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