Evan C. Nelson is a trial lawyer with 30 years of substantial litigation and trial experience gained from working at top law firms, as in-house corporate counsel, and as a solo practitioner.  During his first 20 years of legal practice, he acted as national and regional counsel, and as first chair trial counsel, for Fortune 500 companies facing hundreds of millions of dollars in potential liabilities.  After leaving the big law firm environment for the last 10 years, Evan has very successfully represented both plaintiffs and defendants prosecuting individual and small-to-mid sized business clients’ interests against public entities (government entities and actors), large corporations, and other well-funded opponents.  When non-litigation efforts do not result in a fair resolution of disputes, Evan employes his extensive, high level litigation experiences and strategies to aggressively litigate client matters to position them for successful resolution through mediation, arbitration or trials. 

Evan also has significant experience with post-trial motions and appeals, which further allows him to protect his clients’ interests before, during and after trial. 

Recent Cases Resulting in Successful Resolutions 

Obtained a $3.25 Million settlement for a tenured PE teacher who was falsely accused of sexual assault. After unsubstantiated criminal charges were dropped, assisted the client to renew his teaching credential through the California Commission for Teacher Credentialing (CTC) and then prosecuted civil claims against the district for retaliation and related employment harms.

Obtained a $500,000 settlement of an alleged elder abuse claim.

Obtained a $475,000 settlement for a holder of devalued preferred shares of company stock.

Assisted several families to remove their loved ones from court-ordered, private fiduciary run-conservatorships, allowing family members to provide care for their parent/spouse. 

Successfully protected and defended the trademark and copyright rights of Ed “Big Daddy” Roth against a large and well-funded multimedia company.