Rhonda Nelson

As chair of the firm's Labor & Employment practice group, Ms. Nelson specializes in labor and employment litigation, advice, and counseling, representing employers in a wide variety of issues arising within the employer/employee relationship. Ms. Nelson counsels employers on internal harassment and discrimination investigations and presents on-site seminars for clients on sexual harassment and related issues. Ms. Nelson also has experience litigating employment issues (with extensive experience in civil law and motion practice). Ms. Nelson also has extensive litigation experience in the areas of ADA, evictions and habitability issues concerning bank-owned properties, creditors’ rights, receivership, attachment and bankruptcy. Ms. Nelson is very active in a number of professional associations. Ms. Nelson is currently a member of the American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section, and the Business Law Section. She is also a member of the Bar Association of San Francisco and a former member of the Judicial Evaluation Committee. She has been a panelist at a number of seminars and programs organized by such associations as the Continuing Education of the Bar, Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California and Nevada, Minority Corporate Counsel Association and the American Bar Association. Ms. Nelson has been voted Super Lawyer 2009-2013 in the area of Employment & Labor; Rated AV Preeminent 1997 – 2014 and selected for edition of Martindale-Hubbell® Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers,™ 2013.