Luke Nelson

Associate
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Luke Nelson

Overview

Luke Nelson is an associate in the Business Trial Practice Group in the firm's San Diego office. 

Luke's practice focuses on insurance litigation, in particular first-party and third-party bad faith and coverage disputes. He represents clients at all stages of litigation, including discovery, motion practice, hearings, mediations, pre-trial preparation, and post-trial enforcement. He also advises clients on issues related to general claims handling, policy language and interpretation, and defense and indemnity obligations.

Credentials
Clerkships

Judicial Extern for the Honorable D. Brooks Smith of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals

Judicial Extern for the Honorable Janis L. Sammartino of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California

Education

J.D., Pennsylvania State University, 2023, Valedictorian; Executive Online Editor, Penn State Law Review; Teaching Assistant: Corporations; CALI Award for Excellence – Insurance Law; Legal Writing; Legal Research; Torts; Criminal Law; Civil Procedure; Constitutional Law; Criminal Procedure; Property; Sales; Corporations; Evidence; Family Law; Regulation of Financial Institutions

B.A., University of Northern Colorado, 2018, summa cum laude

Admissions

California

U.S. District Court, Southern District of California

U.S. District Court, Central District of California

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California

U.S. District Court, Northern District of California