James M. Nelson > Greenberg Traurig LLP > Sacramento, United States > Lawyer Profile
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James M. Nelson
Work Department
Labor & Employment
Position
Shareholder
Career
James M. Nelson is Co-Chair of the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice’s ERISA & Employee Benefits Litigation group and Chair of the Sacramento office’s Labor & Employment Practice. He represents employers and ERISA plan fiduciaries in matters concerning ERISA compliance, fiduciary responsibility, collective bargaining, wage and hour, employee benefits, safety, discrimination, wrongful termination, and other labor and employment issues. His experience includes complex litigation, class action defense, administrative proceedings, and appeals, as well as advice and counseling to ERISA plan fiduciaries of single-employer and multi-employer plans. He counsels clients on Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) matters including litigation as well as compliance, due diligence reviews, and safety and health audits. James has counseled clients in numerous industries, including construction, transportation, health care, hospitality, manufacturing, and publishing.
Concentrations
Complex labor and employment litigation
Labor and employment advice and counselling
ERISA litigation
Collective bargaining
Wage and hour litigation
Alternative WorkForce and Independent contractor misclassification issues
Capabilities
Trial Practice
Labor & Employment
Benefits & Compensation
Litigation
Class Action Litigation
ERISA & Employee Benefits Litigation
OSHA
Trade Secrets
Admission to Practice
Arizona
California
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Languages
English
Education
- J.D., University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, 1981
- Co-Founder and First Comment and Note Editor, Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law
- Legislative Intern, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, 1981
- B.A., University of Arizona, 1979
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Real estate > Real estate
Firm Rankings
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- Government > Government contracts