Welcome
Mr. Nelson has been practicing law since 1981. His own law firm is entering its twelfth year and has three attorneys. The firm handles environmental and land use cases for citizens. It also litigates matters in areas such as professional malpractice, contract disputes, property disputes, admiralty, negligence, product liability and other torts.
The firm's land use and environmental practice has served citizens and community associations in urban, suburban, and agricultural areas. On these clients' behalf, the firm has litigated the enforcement of water quality, wetlands, forest preservation, noise and air quality regulations; the siting of rubblefills and quarry uses; the pollution of urban neighborhoods by industrial facilities; the development of rural land for non-agricultural uses; and the introduction of high-density uses in suburban neighborhoods. Additionally, the firm selectively handles medical malpractice and personal injury cases for plaintiffs.
The firm continues its representation of clients throughout the state in administrative proceedings and in the trial and appellate courts. During 2008, we argued ten appellate cases in the Maryland Court of Appeals, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, and the federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Our appellate cases included cases originating in Prince George's County where we successfully constructed legal arguments to protect the rural landscape from both industrial development and residential sprawl. During 2008, the Maryland Court of Appeals, the federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Maryland Court of Special Appeals published opinions in five of our cases indicating their judgment that our cases presented new issues. We also continued to represent clients in medical malpractice and personal injury cases.