Background
Nelson, Junior, Robert L. was born in 1955 in Brooklyn, New York, [email protected].
Nelson, Junior, Robert L. was born in 1955 in Brooklyn, New York, [email protected].
Harvard College (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1976). Princeton University (Master of Public Administration, 1980). Columbia University (Juris Doctor, 1980).
Spoken languages: French, German, Norwegian, and Spanish.
Worked at Shearman & Sterling (New York, NY) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1981, New York. 1983, United States. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
1987, California; 1990, United States. Supreme Court.
Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Columbia University. (San Francisco Counsel).
Shearman & Sterling, founded in 1873, has more than 600 lawyers in 15 offices throughout the world. The firm's practice encompasses most major areas of business law, including: Antitrust and Trade Regulation. Banking; Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization.
Compensation and Benefits. Environmental; Finance (including Corporate Finance, Domestic Private Finance, Financial Institutions, International Private Finance and Project Finance). Individual Clients, Trusts and Estates.
Insurance; International Trade and Government Relations. Litigation and Arbitration. Mergers and Acquisitions.
Oil and Gas; Privatizations. Real Estate; and Tax. The Firm is also engaged in the practice of French, German and Hungarian law through its offices in France, Germany and Hungary.
Member: American Bar Association.