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Nakles and Nakles Your Personal Injury Law Firm


Once again, Mr. Nakles has been honored with a prestigious legal award. Super Lawyers Magazine has selected Mr. Nakles as one of the top 50 Pittsburgh lawyers. This is an impressive distinction for a lawyer to be granted, since selection is determined by peers in the legal community. Mr. Nakles is the only Westmoreland County attorney on the top 50 list for 2020. Super Lawyers Magazine states that it creates the list “of outstanding attorneys that can be a resource for . . . consumers searching for legal counsel.“


Our firm has won over $60 million in settlements and verdicts for our personal injury clients. Nakles and Nakles is the premier personal injury firm in Westmoreland County, and one of the most experienced trial firms in the area. We represent injured victims in all types of accident cases, including: wrongful death; automobile, truck, pedestrian, motorcycle and bicycle accidents; airline accidents; products liability cases; medical malpractice cases; construction accidents; electrical injuries; slip-and-fall; and other injury cases.

Nakles and Nakles is now in its sixth decade of distinguished legal service to Westmoreland County and Western Pennsylvania. The firm’s founder, Ned J. Nakles, Sr., established the high standards of service and commitment to the welfare of our clients that continue to guide the firm today. Our goal is simple; to treat our clients the same way we would want our family to be treated.

The firm is led by its senior partner Ned J. Nakles, Jr. Mr. Nakles has received numerous prestigious awards and widespread recognition as a civil litigator with a focus in personal injury litigation. Other members of the firm include Ryan P. Cribbs, and C. E. Nakles. Attorneys in the firm are admitted to practice before all Pennsylvania and Federal Courts.

Nakles and Nakles is a boutique law firm focusing on personal injury accident cases, whether the injuries are small or catastrophic. Social media and marketing are not our focus. We dedicate our time, resources, and skills to fight for the rights of injured victims so that they recover maximum compensation for medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, emotional distress, property damage, and future earnings.

If you have been injured in an accident, contact us. A professional and friendly office staff is prepared to serve clients at all times. The consultation is free.  At Nakles and Nakles there is never a fee unless we are successful in your case. Contact us to learn about your legal rights.

View Ned J. Nakles Jr.’s Resume here .

Ned Nakles

Awards

  • AMERICAN COLLEGE OF TRIAL LAWYERS Mr.Nakles was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers in 2006. This is the highest honor an American lawyer can receive. As stated by their president, members are “chosen strictly by invitation and only after rigorous investigation. Fellowship is limited to one percent of the lawyers in any individual State, to those lawyers who have distinguished themselves in trial practice …not only as skilled trial lawyers who are recognized by judges and practitioners as the very best in the State…but as persons whose ethics, moral standing, collegiality, and standing in the community are exemplary.” Mr. Nakles is one of only two practicing lawyers in Westmoreland County that has been admitted in the prestigious college. Mr. Nakles, along with John Roberts Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, was inducted in a special ceremony in London, England.
  • Mr. Nakles has successfully obtained numerous settlements and verdicts in excess of $1,000,000.00. He is recognized as a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, a select nationwide organization of top attorneys recognized for achieving personal injury verdicts and settlements in excess of $1,000,000.00.
  • Mr. Nakles has been named by his peers to the Best Lawyers In America and the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers. He has been recognized by both Pittsburgh Magazine and Philadelphia Magazine as a top personal injury lawyer in Pennsylvania.
  • Mr. Nakles has been honored by induction into the Westmoreland Academy of Trial Lawyers, a select group of attorneys recognized by their peers as the premier civil trial lawyers in Westmoreland County.

  • Martindale Hubble, the nation’s most respected legal biographer, rates Nakles and Nakles “A/V”, the highest rating possible, for legal abilities, reliability, diligence and ethics.
  • Mr. Nakles is frequently invited to lecture and teach other attorneys and judges in the fields of personal injury law, school law and trial practice. He has also authored numerous articles which have been published in legal journals throughout the country.
  • The National Trial Lawyers voted Mr. Nakles one of the top 100 trial lawyers.
  • The Latrobe Bulletin has repeatedly voted Nakles and Nakles the top  law firm in the area.