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Deborah M Nelson is a lawyer with practice area includes Insurance Claims, Legal Malpractice, Personal Injury in Seattle, Washington.
Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Disability Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance
Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
WSAJ Member, Nominations Committee (Current)
WSAJ Member, Executive Committee (Current)
WSAJ Member, Awards Committee (Current)
American Association for Justice Member, State Affairs Committee (Current)
Lawyers Association Trust (LAT) Board Member (Current)
WSAJ Vice President, Publications (Current)
WSAJ 2nd Vice President, Legislative Steering (Current)
WSAJ Vice President, Legislative Steering (Current)
American Association for Justice Secretary, Insurance Law Section (Current)
WSAJ Vice President, Development (Current)
WSAJ 2nd Vice President, Continuing Legal Education (Current)
WSAJ Vice President, Continuing Legal Education (Current)
Melvin Belli Society Board Member (Current)
Melvin Belli Society Fellow (Current)
American Association for Justice Chair, Insurance Law Section (Current)
American Association for Justice Vice Chair, Insurance Law Section (Current)
American Association for Justice State Delegate (Current)
WSAJ Vice President, Finance (Current)
WSAJ Member, Strategic Planning Committee (Current)
WSAJ Eagle Member (Current)
WSTLA’s Annual Law Day Dinner, Seattle, WA Co-Chair (Current)
American Association for Justice Member, Section Leaders Council (Current)
American Association for Justice Member, Membership Task Force (Current)
American Association for Justice Member, Exchange Advisory Committee (Current)
American Association for Justice Member, Convention Planning Commitee (Current)
National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) Faculty Member (Current)
WSTLA’s Annual Convention, Skamania, WA Co-Chair (2004 - 2004)
Soroptimist International Port Angeles Member (1995 - 2006)
Washington State Trial Lawyers Association President-Elect (2005 - 2006)
WSTLA’s Annual Law Day Dinner, Seattle, WA Chair (2006 - 2006)
Washington Trial Attorney’s Political Forum (PAC) Member (Current)
Washington State Association for Justice President (2006 - 2007)
American Association for Justice Member, Executive Committee (2007 - 2008)
Washington Association for Justice President (2006 - 2007)
American Association for Justice Executive Committee (2007 - 2008)
Western Trial Lawyers Association Member (2013 - Current)
National Trial Lawyers Member (2012 - Current)
Melvin Belli Society Board Member (2009 - Current)
Melvin Belli Society Fellow (2007 - Current)
Jefferson County Bar Association Member (2006 - Current)
American Association for Justice President, Council of Presidents (2007 - 2008)
American Association for Justice Section Leaders Council (Current)
Lawyers Association Trust Board Member (2005 - Current)
Washington State Trial Lawyers Association Board Member (1996 - Current)
Washington State Association for Justice Eagle Member (1994 - Current)
Clallam County Bar Association Member (1994 - Current)
Washington State Bar Association Member (1993 - Current)
American Association for Justice Member (1991 - Current)
Family Law Attorneys are Trial Lawyers Too Trial News, WSTLA (2006)
State Farm Found in Bad Faith for Cutting of PIP Benefits Trial News, WSTLA (1996)
PIP Litigation – Getting the Bills Paid WSTLA (2000)
Pleading and Motion Practice Handbook WSTLA (2003)
New Campaign May Take Tort Reform To Ballot Trial News, WSTLA (2004)
Making Insurers Pay for Wrongful Denial of PIP Benefits Trial News, WSTLA (2004)
Deborah’s Excellent Adventure in Washington, D.C. - Why You Should Join ALTA Trial News, WSTLA (2006)
PIP Litigation – Getting the Bills Paid WSAJ (2010)
Wow! What a Year Trial News, WSTLA (2007)
Help Our Clients Help Others Trial News, WSTLA (2007)
A Season of Thankfulness Trial News, WSTLA (2006)
Broken Promises, a review of “Delay Deny Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don’t Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It Trial Magazine, AAJ (2011)
Applying the Consumer Protection Act and Insurance Fair Conduct Act for Full Recovery of Extra Contractual Damages Trial News, WSAJ (2009)
New Eagles Fly In From Out of State Trial News, WSAJ (2009)
The Importance of Using Lay Witnesses in Proving the Effect that Traumatic Brain Injuries Have on Your Client’s Life Trial Magazine, AAJ (2008)
A New Year, A New Name, A New Place Trial News, WSTLA (2007)
Law Day: A Lawyer’s Holiday Trial News, WSTLA (2007)
Preserving Our System of Justice Trial News, WSTLA (2007)
Privileged to Lead Trial News, WSTLA (2007)
Proud to be a Trial Lawyer Trial News, WSTLA (2007)
Louis Brandeis, Legal Hero Trial News, WSTLA (2007)
Clallam County Pro Bono Lawyers 2001.0
Washington Law & Politics 2007.0
Washington Law & Politics 2014.0
Washington Law & Politics 2013.0
Washington Law & Politics 2012.0
Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Georgia 2011.0
Washington Law & Politics 2011.0
Washington Law & Politics 2010.0
Washington Law & Politics 2008.0
Washington State Association for Justice 2001.0
Washington Law & Politics 2009.0
Washington State Association for Justice 2006.0
Soroptimist International Port Angeles 2006.0
Washington Law & Politics 2003.0
Washington Law & Politics 2006.0
Peninsula Daily News readers’ poll 2004.0
Washington Law & Politics 2004.0
Peninsula Daily News readers’ poll 2005.0
Washington Law & Politics 2005.0
Peninsula Daily News readers’ poll 2003.0
University of Cincinnati College of Law J.D. | Law
Year: 1990 - 1993
Honors: Dean's List, The Order of Barristers, Moot Court Honor Board
University System of Georgia - Georgia Southern University B.A. | American History
Year: 1990
Honors: Magna cum laude, first Armstrong graduate to receive "special honors" in History, Dean's List, Phi Alpha Theta (international history honor society), internship with the Georgia Historical Society
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