Admitted: Indiana, California, Federal Courts
Education: Juris Doctor 1996, University of California, Hastings College of Law, San Francisco, CA; Editor-in-Chief, Hasting West Northwest Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, Tony Patino Fellow
Bachelor of Arts 1990, Cum Laude, University of California, San Diego, CA
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Narrative:
Mike Nelson manages the Indianapolis office* activities involving complex environmental and insurance coverage cases, including mass toxic tort suits and Superfund litigation. He represents clients in a wide range of industries, including construction, dry cleaning and oil distribution.
Mr. Nelson works with clients, consultants and regulatory agencies to contain client liability and to obtain site closure in hazardous waste cases. He has obtained successful outcomes in multi-party coverage litigation to win substantial policy benefits for a number of Resolution Law Group clients. Mr. Nelson has represented clients throughout Indiana, including the communities of Richmond, Muncie, Brazil, Ft. Wayne, Evansville, Logansport, Gary, Whiting, Demotte, and Rushville, as well as Indianapolis. Resolution Law Group is also working on behalf of local governments to investigate and remediate contaminated properties within their orders.
Prior to joining the Resolution Law Group in 1996, Mr. Nelson worked as a legal intern in the San Francisco District Attorney’s office handling research on civil and criminal environmental issues, and as a law clerk for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX in San Francisco, in the area of Clean Water Act enforcement. Mr. Nelson was also previously a California State Senate Field Representative in the office of State Senator Lucy Killea.
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