David Nelson Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Assisted with discovery in a sexual-harassment case in the Eastern District of Virginia (the “Rocket Docket”) and with potential and actual cases under the Defense Base Act (DBA)• Carefully reviewed large document productions (several hundred pages) for useful exhibits in about 7 depositions; drafted about 3 motions-to-compel-further-discovery briefs• Drafted about 15 potential-client summaries opining on the viability of respective DBA claims after reviewing employment-related documents and medical records• Drafted about 20 DBA informal-conference requests with detailed fact-and-medical summaries • Drafted about 10 DBA settlement demand letters with detailed fact-and-medical summaries

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Served as the main (at times only) legal assistant to a longtime solo practitioner (about 29 years in practice) who specialized in business and employment disputes at the trial and appellate level• Supervised 2 legal assistants and helped train about 8 others• Spoke with potential clients and reviewed potential cases for viable claims• Managed all calendaring and tracking of deadlines in civil and appellate matters• Drafted motions (e.g., about 12 motions to compel discovery responses and requests for sanctions and about 8 motions in limine), responsive filings (e.g., about 12 oppositions to either a demurrer, a motion to strike a portion of a complaint, or a motion for summary judgment)• Drafted discovery requests (requests for documents, form interrogatories, special interrogatories, and requests for admission), reviewed responses for sufficiency, and drafted many meet-and-confer letters citing applicable case law upon receiving inadequate discovery responses

Berkeley, Ca

• Researched human-rights issues under institute’s founder Ann Fagan Ginger, Esq.• Wrote two shadow reports on the U.S.’s compliance with international treaty obligations to the relevant U.N. monitoring committees: one dealt with perverse incentives at play in plea bargains and the other with how civil-asset-forfeiture laws produce de facto racial discrimination.

Pasadena, Ca

• Tutored students in college-level and remedial English courses in the school’s writing center: explained grammar rules and principles; demonstrated writing techniques; helped students understand teacher expectations and preferences; critiqued essays in one-on-one sessions; and demonstrated best practices for using specific writing software in group sessions.• Received National Tutoring Association’s certification for basic-level tutor.• Received certificate of achievement from school for completing advanced-level-training course.

San Diego, Ca And Naples, Italy

• Served 3 years aboard an aircraft carrier (the USS Ronald Reagan) homeported in San Diego, CA and another 2 years at a NATO command with 10 host nations in Naples, Italy requiring a Top-Secret security clearance• Deployed with the ship and spent about a cumulative year and a half at sea• For 2 years, managed all administrative matters for Navigation department of about 30 people• For 1 year, managed administrative matters in top enlisted administrative position for Supply department of about 500 people• Made NATO travel arrangements to support capacity to deploy and operate in missions• Audited expense reports at NATO to account for annual fiscal budgets of more than $286,000 for NATO and of more than $200,000 for the US• Received Enlisted-Aviation-Warfare-Specialist (EAWS) Qualification• Awarded Navy-and-Marine-Corps Achievement Medal• Awarded Navy Good-Conduct Medal

Doctor Of Law - Jd

Activities and Societies: Member of the Corporate and Business Law Society and the Tech Law Students Association Concentration in Business.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Philosophy, Gpa: 3.738

Activities and Societies: The National Society of Collegiate Scholars Graduated with Distinction in General Scholarship

Associate'S Degree, Humanities/Humanistic Studies, Gpa: 3.938

Awarded the Ralph Hallman Scholarship in Philosophy Received Honors for Superior Achievement in Philosophy Received Honors.

Associate'S Degree, Italian, Gpa: 3.938

Recipient of Honors for Superior Achievement in Italian Recipient of Honors for Extraordinary Achievement in the Social Sciences Dean’s.