Nathalie Hackett is a Partner at Kelley Kronenberg, focusing her practice on general liability and third-party insurance defense matters. She brings extensive litigation and in-house counsel experience with major insurance carriers, combining deep coverage analysis and risk management knowledge with significant trial advocacy capabilities.
Prior to joining Kelley Kronenberg, Nathalie worked as a Partner at a prominent national law firm litigating high-exposure premises liability, construction defect, and personal injury disputes in state and federal courts. She previously held multiple roles at a major insurance company, serving as Underwriting Counsel developing and negotiating D&O liability insurance policy terms, as Senior Coverage Director managing outside counsel defense of complex property damage coverage disputes, and as Subrogation & Recovery Counsel litigating commercial and residential property damage subrogation disputes. Her in-house counsel background provides her with practical understanding of insurance operations, coverage analysis, and claims management. She also worked as General Liability Defense Counsel at another major insurance carrier, defending bodily injury and general liability disputes from inception through trial, and as a judicial clerk for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
Nathalie earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a focus on Finance from Monmouth University. She received her Juris Doctor from Widener University School of Law, where she served as Research Editor of the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law and was Vice President of the Moot Court Honor Society. She earned her Master of Laws in Trial Advocacy from Temple University Beasley School of Law and her Master of Business Administration, magna cum laude, from Drexel University LeBow School of Business, where she is currently pursuing her Doctor of Business Administration.
- Drexel University, LeBow School of Business, M.B.A., magna cum laude, 2022
- Temple University, Beasley School of Law, L.LM., 2019
- Widener University School of Law, J.D., 2010
- Monmouth University, B.S., 2003
- New York
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- The District of Columbia
- U.S. Virgin Islands
- United States District Court, District of NJ
- United States District Court, Southern District of New York
- United States Supreme Court
- Top 50 Women Leaders in Law, Women We Admire, 2025, 2026
- The National Black Lawyers Top 100, 2025, 2026
