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Name:	Nelson III, John E.
Position:	Of Counsel
Born:	Houston, Texas, June 28, 1949.
Admitted to bar:	1977, Texas; 1979, District of Columbia; also admitted to practice before U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; U. S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas.
Education:	Preparatory education, Williams College (B.A., History/Political Science, cum laude, with departmental highest honors, 1970) University of Kentucky (M.A., Philosophy, 1995); legal education, University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 1975) Fraternity: Phi Delta Phi, Honor societies: Phi Beta Kappa; Order of Barristers, Associate Editor, Texas Law Review, 1975. Championship Team, Moot Court Competition, Texas Young Lawyers Association, 1975. Law Clerk to Hon. Charles Clark, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1975-76. Consultant; Interscholastic Appellate Advocacy program, University of Texas School of Law, 1983-87. Adjunct professor, University of Texas School of Law 1985-87.
Member:	Co-Editor, INSTRUMENTS OF APPELLATE ADVOCACY (4th Ed. 1987). Guest Editor: "Summary Judgments Symposium." 10 The Advocate 2 (1991). Co-Author: "Fifth Circuit Securities Decision 1990: Shrinking Targets, Smarter Bombs," 13 Tex. Antitrust Bull. 2 (1991). Author: Note, 53 Texas L. Rev. 539 (1975); Book Review, 46 Fordham L. Rev. (1977); "1987 Term: Supreme Court Approves Sharp Practices," 10 Tex. Antitrust Bull. 1 at 2 (1988); "Arbitration in the Eighties: Some Threshold Issues." 52 Tex. B.J. 1013 (1989): "Building a Brief: Eight Practical Steps," 15 Litigation 3 at 27 (Spring 1989): "Fifth Circuit Securities Decisions 1988: Strict Construction with a Human Face," 11 Tex. Antitrust Bull. 1 at 3 (1989); "Choice of Law in Economic Torts Cases," The Advocate at 7 (Spring 1989); Marshalling Authority," The Appellate Advocate at 10 (Winter 1989); "Fifth Circuit Securities Cases 1989: Cooler with Increasing Cloudiness," 12 Tex. Antitrust Bull. 2 (1990); "Recovery of Lost Profits: Unpacking the Reasonable Certainty Rule," 29 Tex. Bus. Lit. J., No. 3, at 19 (Summer 2007). Member: State Bar of Texas; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit.