Michael A. Nelson

Commercial, Mediation
Ten Free Street, P.O. Box 4510
Portland, Maine 041124510


Commercial

Admitted

1975, Virginia; 1976, District of Columbia; 1980, Maine; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School

George Washington University, J.D., with honors, 1975

Law School Graduation Year

1975

College

Hamilton College, B.A., with honors, 1969; Harvard University, M.A.T., 1970

Memberships

Cumberland County, Maine State and American Bar Associations.

Biographical

Order of the Coif. Listed, Best Lawyers in America, Business Litigation and Legal Malpractice. Author: A Practical Guide to the Arbitration of Claims Against Stockbrokers, Maine Bar Journal, May, 1985; Defending Depositions Under the New Regime -- Counsel As a 'Potted Plant'? Maine Lawyer's Review, January, 1997; Dealing With the Lying Buyer: 'Documenting a Meeting Competition Defense to a Discriminatory Pricing Case', Maine Bar Journal, March, 1997. Law Clerk to Judge John H. Pratt, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1975-1976. Enforcement Attorney, Securities and Exchange Commission, 1978-1980. Member, Maine Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Professional Responsibility, 1998—; (Chairman, 2000—).

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