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Our Promise
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- Our injury lawyers
have decades of experience successfully
representing clients in personal injury
cases. On behalf of multiple clients,
we have reached favorable confidential
settlements with Yamaha.
- There is no charge or obligation for
our review of your injury lawsuit.
- In death and serious injury cases, we are pleased
to visit you where you live, at no cost, to discuss
your legal rights and answer your questions.
- We have retained vehicle safety experts
who have analyzed the stability of the
Yamaha Rhino. On staff we have six legal
nurse consultants to assist our attorneys
in demonstrating the extent of injuries
our clients have suffered, and the need
for future medical care.
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| Robert J. Nelson |
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| Practice Areas Include: |
Personal Injury/Torts
Defective Products
Securities and Financial
International and Human Rights
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| Bar Information |
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Admitted to bar, 1987, California; 1987, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1988, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1998, District of Columbia; 1999, New York; 2001, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, Southern District of New York; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 2006. |
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N.Y.U. School of Law (J.D., 1987): Order of the Coif, Articles Editor, New York University Law Review; Root-Tilden Scholarship Program; Cornell University (A.B., cum laude 1982): Phi Beta Kappa, College Scholar Honors Program; London School of Economics (General Course, 1980-81): Graded First. |
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Law Clerk to Judge Stephen Reinhardt, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1987-88; Assistant Federal Public Defender, Northern District of California, 1988-93; Legal Research and Writing Instructor, University of California-Hastings College of the Law, 1989-91 (part-time position). |
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"California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) Award," California Lawyer, 2008; "Consumer Attorney of the Year Finalist", Consumer Attorneys of California, 2007; "San Francisco Trial Lawyer of the Year Finalist,"
San Francisco Trial Lawyers' Association, 2007; "Northern California Super Lawyer," Law & Politics,
2004-2008. |
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"Class Action Treatment of Punitive Damages Issues after Philip Morris v. Williams: We Can Get There from Here," 2 Charleston Law Review 2 (Spring 2008) (with Elizabeth Cabraser); Contributing Author, California Class Actions Practice and Procedures (Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Editor-in-Chief, 2003); "The Importance of Privilege Logs," The Practical Litigator, Vol. II, No. 2 (March 2000) (ALI-ABA Pub.); "To Infer or Not to Infer a Discriminatory Purpose: Rethinking Equal Protection Doctrine," 61 New York University Law Review 334 (1986). |
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State Bar of California; Bar of the District of Columbia; State Bar of New York; Bar Association of San Francisco; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Bar Association; Consumer Attorneys of California; American Association of Justice. |
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