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My job
as a lawyer has given me the opportunity to work for many worthy people, and has put me in touch with a
great variety of places and problems. I learned about the Tutsis' danger in Rwanda for the first time --
before the massacres took place -- when a new client told me why he feared to return to Kigali at the end of his stay in the
United States. An elderly woman told me of how she had given her house to her son, and had received a lawyer's letter threatening
to evict her from the basement where she lived. In Canada, I took testimony from the chairman of a corporation that
had made a tender offer for a U.S. company-- and laughed with him as he told good-humored stories (but I still got
the evidence I was after). And one winter night I stood on the front steps of a city church, surrounded by
police officers, and gave advice to two brave women who faced arrest for defending the church's ministry
to the "street homeless." That confrontation with
the police led ultimately to the U.S. Supreme Court -- where my clients won. On the way there, I mastered the jurisprudence
of the Free Exercise Clause. Other cases have required me to learn about copyright law as it relates to computer
software; about the constitutional limits on venue-shopping in federal courts; about the abuses many women
suffer in Russia and Guinea-Conakry; and about the implications of the Salafist civil war in Algeria in the
1990's for Muslim-background religious converts; to name a few examples. Each client has given me a new appreciation of
the complexity of our world. When I represent someone,
I investigate the facts of my client's case; analyze the law that applies; develop options; and pursue my client's best interests with energy and ethics. My qualifications
and legal experience are described in the other pages of this website. If I can be of service to you, please
contact me. Jonathan Nelson, June 22, 2011 Law Offices of Jonathan Robert Nelson, P.C.
111 Broadway,
Suite 1805, New York, NY 10006
Telephone: (212) 593-5775 -- Facsimile: (212) 593-5115
E mail: nelson@attorneynelson.com
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