Background
Nelson, Marshall J. was born on March 25, 1943 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Leo B. and Eunice Elizabeth (Johnson) Nelson.
Nelson, Marshall J. was born on March 25, 1943 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Leo B. and Eunice Elizabeth (Johnson) Nelson.
Northwestern University (Bachelor of Arts, 1965. Juris Doctor, 1972). Member, Editorial Board, Northwestern University Law Review, 1971-1972.
Worked at Davis Wright Tremaine Limited Liability Partnership (Seattle, Washington) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice. Admiralty; Maritime and Fisheries. Antitrust; Banking and Commercial Law.
Bankruptcy.
Business. Communications and Media Law. Construction Law and Government Contracts.
Employee Benefits. Employment Law. Intellectual Property.
Health Law; International.
Land Use and Environmental Law. Litigation; Real Estate. Retail; Securities; Software.
Tax.
Trusts and Estates. Admitted to the bar, 1972, Washington. Editor, Northwestern University Law Review, 1971-1972.
Company-author, "Punitive Damages in Libel Cases After Browning-Ferris," 12 COMM/ENT 153, 1989. "Commercial Speech and Paid Access to the Press," 26 Hastings Law Journal 745, 1975.
Author: "Jazz and Copyright, A Study in Improvised Protection," 21 American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Copyright Law Symposium 35, 1974.
Member, Executive Board, Washington State Bar Association, Intellectual and Industrial Property Section. Member, American Bar Association Forum Committee on Communications Law. Since its founding in the early 1900s in Seattle, Washington, Davis Wright Tremaine has continued to grow and change in response to the needs of its clients.
Today the firm is organized by practice industry groups, and offers a wide range of legal services to regional, national and international clients through offices in Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho, California, Washington District of Columbia, Hawaii and Shanghai, China.
A state-of-the-art communications network provides our clients the benefit of immediate access to shared knowledge, experience and resources of attorneys firm-wide. Dedicated to a tradition of public and professional service, the people of Davis Wright Tremaine are active in professional groups at the national, state and local levels.
"Jazz and Copyright, A Study in Improvised Protection," 21 ASCAP Copyright Law Symposium 35, 1974, 20 Bull. Copyright Society 83, 1972, 67 N.W. U.L. Rev. 216, 1972. Co-author.
"Punitive Damages in Libel Cases After Browning-Ferris," 12 COMMENT 153, 1989. "Commercial Speech and Paid Access to the Press," 26 Hastings Law Journal 745, 1975. Instructor, Communications Law, University of Washington, 1976.
Member, Executive Board, Washington State Bar Association, Intellectual and Industrial Property Section. Member, American Bar Association Forum Committee on Communications Law.
Married Ann Laird Jarrett, May 20, 1967. Children: Laird Jarrett, Sarah Elizabeth.