Navan Ward Jr.
Principal | Beasley Allen Law Firm
Navan Ward Jr. is a mass torts, product liability and wrongful death trial lawyer and principal of Beasley Allen Law Firm in Atlanta, Georgia. Admitted in Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and New York; J.D., University of Alabama School of Law (2002).
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Suite 400
Atlanta, Georgia 30339
Navan Ward Jr. is a principal at Beasley Allen Law Firm, working from its Atlanta office. His practice centers on mass torts and product liability, including litigation over metal-on-metal hip implants, proton pump inhibitors and hair relaxer products, and he has also handled nursing home neglect and wrongful death cases.
Ward joined Beasley Allen in 2002. He has held leadership roles in several multidistrict litigations, including the DePuy ASR and DePuy Pinnacle hip implant MDLs and the Biomet M2a Magnum hip implant MDL. His firm biography notes his work on hip implant litigation against Johnson & Johnson, DePuy, Zimmer, Biomet and Stryker that produced settlements totaling in the billions.
He served as president of the American Association for Justice in 2021-2022, and AAJ lists him as its 76th president. He is a co-founding executive committee member and president of Shades of Mass, has been elected to the board of Public Justice and has chaired AAJ’s Minority Caucus. Ward earned both his bachelor’s degree and law degree from the University of Alabama and is licensed in Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and New York.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- J.D., University of Alabama, 2002
- B.A., University of Alabama, 1999
- Admitted to practice in Alabama, 2002
- Admitted to practice in Mississippi, 2003
- Admitted to practice in Tennessee, 2016
- Admitted to practice in New York, 2016
Practice Areas
- American Association for Justice (President, 2021-2022)
- American Association for Justice (Executive Committee)
- American Association for Justice Minority Caucus (Chair)
- Shades of Mass (Co-Founding Executive Committee Member and President)
- Public Justice (Board of Directors)
- American Bar Association
- National Black Lawyers Top 100 (Executive Committee)
- Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year, Mass Torts/Class Actions (2027)
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America (2026)
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rating
- The Best Lawyers in America
- AAJ Harry Philo Award
- AAJ Minority Caucus Stalwart Award
- AAJ Distinguished Service Award
- AAJ Wiedemann & Wysocki Award
- Beasley Allen Litigator of the Year Award
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