MARK A. NELSON

Member

PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION:

• AV Rated
• Named to Mid-South Super Lawyer 2011 for General Litigation, Professional Liability and Business Litigation
• Admitted to Bar 1982, Mississippi
• Admitted to Bar 1985, Louisiana
• Mississippi Supreme Court Task Force on Judicial Discipline, 2005
• Mississippi Supreme Court Complaint Tribunal for the Mississippi Bar, 2004 - 2010
• Phi Delta Phi
• Law Clerk to Honorable Emmett R. Cox, U.S. District Judge,
  • U.S. District Court for The Southern District of Alabama, 1983-1984
• Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit

EDUCATION:

• University of South Alabama (B.A. 1979)
• University of Mississippi School of Law (J.D. 1982)
  • Associate and Research Editor, Mississippi Law Journal 1981-1982
  • Member, Journal of Space Law 1982
    

PRACTICE AREAS:

• Admiralty
• Appellate Work
• Commercial and Business Litigation
• Environmental / Toxic Tort Law
• Healthcare Law
• Medical Malpractice Defense
• Professional Liability
• RICO and Class Action
• Trucking Liability

All State and Federal Courts of Mississippi
All State and Federal Courts of Louisiana
U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court