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Biography
✓ Member of the State Bar of Wisconsin✓ 25+ Years of Practicing Law✓ Nation’s Top 1% of Attorneys - NADC✓ Top 40 Under 40 Trial Lawyers✓ Premier 100 AATA Trial Attorneys✓ AIFLA Top 10 Best Client Satisfaction✓ Wisconsin Assoc. for Justice Member
Attorney David Allan Nelson is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin, Washington County Bar Association, Academy of Trial Lawyers of America, Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys and the Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers. Attorney David Allan Nelson is the Past-President of the Washington County Bar Association, is on the Ethics Committee at Saint Joseph’s Hospital and is now serving as President of the Board of Directors for the Youth & Family Project Inc. serving Washington, Ozaukee, and Waukesha counties.
In representing injured and disabled clients, he has obtained numerous successful jury trial results, including a $627,000 jury verdict in an automobile collision case in Milwaukee County following a week-long trial, a $150,000 premises liability/ broken railing verdict following jury trial, a $100,000 jury verdict following a forklift/truck accident trial, and a $105,000 jury verdict following a motorcycle injury. He has been complimented by judges on his trial performances and passionate closing arguments. He has accomplished numerous favorable settlements for injured clients in the areas of automobile collision, medical malpractice, dog bite, premises liability, sexual assault, battery (personal tort), products liability, construction law, landlord/tenant law, and breach of contract.
He represents several local area business entities with their litigation needs. Attorney David Allan Nelson has an impressive criminal trial record having accomplished not guilty verdicts in many cases, including a stretch of seven not guilty verdicts within a span of nine jury trials. He has handled almost every type of complex criminal case, and has a wealth of experience in navigating through the maze on drug charges, weapons charges, assault charges, alcohol offenses, and domestic offenses. He has successfully won numerous revocation hearings, accomplished reduced sentences, brokered probationary sentences, and had cases dismissed after getting courts to suppress illegally obtained evidence. He is passionately dedicated to the aggressive protection of constitutional human rights and liberties.
Attorney David Allan Nelson attended Verona High School where he was named the team captain of both the baseball and football teams. He attended the University of Wisconsin Platteville where he played football, receiving four letters as a running back scoring a few touchdowns for the Pioneers. Following a study abroad Summer program in London and Cambridge England he graduated from Marquette Law School in 1999. He met his wife at Gesu parish in Milwaukee, and they have four children. Attorney David Allan Nelson races road bicycles as a CAT3 for Team Extreme Racing and has been on the podium several times. He also enjoys fat-tire biking, chess, photography, snorkeling, hiking, and spending time with his family.