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