Peter Martin Nelson

Background

Martin Nelson, Peter was born on April 6, 1954 in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania, United States.

Education

Williams College (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1976). Hastings College of the Law, University of California (Juris Doctor, 1979).

Career

Worked at Nelson, Guggenheim, Felker & Levine (Los Angeles, California) specializing in Entertainment Law. Admitted to the bar, 1979, California. 1980, United States. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

1981, New New York

1983, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Order of the Coif. Note Editor, Hastings Law Journal, 1978-1979.

Recipient, Lathers Class Prize. Author: "Discarding the Doctrine of Supervisory Domination," 30 Hastings Law Journal 767, 1979.

Company-Author, "Representing Comedians: How to Protect Your Client"s Material," Los Angeles Lawyer, April 1992, reprinted in Entertainment Law and Finance, April 1993 and Entertainment Publishing and the Arts Handbook, 1993.

Law Clerk to the Honorary George East. MacKinnon, United States. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1979-1980. Member: Beverly Hills (Company-Chairman, Entertainment Law Section, 1990-1992) and Los Angeles County (Member, Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Section) Bar Associations.

American Film Institute, Third Decade Council.

Achievements

• Peter Martin Nelson has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: "Discarding the Doctrine of Supervisory Domination," 30 Hastings Law Journal 767, 1979. Co-Author, "Representing Comedians: How to Protect Your Client's Material," Los Angeles Lawyer, April 1992, reprinted in Entertainment Law and Finance, April 1993 and Entertainment Publishing and the Arts Handbook, 1993. Law Clerk to the Honorary George E. MacKinnon, United States.
    
    Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1979-1980. Co-Author, "Representing Comedians: How to Protect Your Client's Material," Los Angeles Lawyer, April 1992, reprinted in Entertainment Law and Finance, April 1993 and Entertainment Publishing and the Arts Handbook, 1993. Law Clerk to the Honorary George E. MacKinnon, United States.
    
    Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1979-1980.

Membership

Member: Beverly Hills (Company-Chairman, Entertainment Law Section, 1990-1992) and Los Angeles County (Member, Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Section) Bar Associations. American Film Institute, Third Decade Council.