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Meet Jonathan D. Nelson
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my approach to the practice of law
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is three-fold the first is the legal
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aspect
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which is representing and being mindful
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of
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my clients interests and the claims made
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against them
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from a legal context in terms of what
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the facts
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are and how the law applies and
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ultimately and ideally
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why my client is not
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in in trouble or hasn’t done anything
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wrong in defending their interest
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the second aspect is acting as a
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counselor to the client
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the areas of law i practice in is
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usually on the defense side
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so someone has claimed or alleged that
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my client has done something wrong and
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that’s a very stressful process for
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anyone
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involved whether or not those
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allegations are true whether or not they
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have insurance coverage that ultimately
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covers their defenses and fees and so
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it’s being an experienced voice and a
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comforting voice to let them know what
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the process is
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to let them know what to expect and to
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ensure them that no matter the outcome
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of course we’re
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always aiming for a positive outcome but
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no matter the outcome that we’re going
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to put them in the best
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uh best situation to succeed
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the final aspect is the business aspect
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for better or worse
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almost anything that’s done
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professionally these days business is a
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consideration
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which means financial aspects and
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efficiency
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are at the utmost you cannot sacrifice
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your time and energies and efforts in
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being a counselor and being an advocate
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but you also have to be mindful that
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particularly in a stressful legal
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situation
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people are looking for a good outcome
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people are looking to be made
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to feel heard and that their issues are
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being addressed
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but also that they’re being done in an
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efficient and a capable manner without
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creating secondary or tertiary problems
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for themselves
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the most rewarding aspect of my practice
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sort of falls into
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two different categories the first is
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simply helping people the legal arena
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in a lot of ways is
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something that people come to when they
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need something and because i do
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litigation
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primarily oftentimes it’s when someone
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comes
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to me when they might be in trouble uh
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it’s not necessarily because they did
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something wrong
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but it’s because something unfortunate
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has happened to someone else
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and that person is looking to one or
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multiple people to be made whole
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often times my clients are one of those
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people who are being looked at
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so when you can get a positive result
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for someone
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or at a minimum do the very best you can
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to
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ensure that the best possible outcome is
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possible for the client
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and that they understand the process
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they’re involved in
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and that they’re made to feel
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comfortable and confident in your
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abilities anytime
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you can achieve those goals it’s it’s
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both positive internally
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and from a external inner interpersonal
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basis the second thing that brings great
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joy to me in the practice of law
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is frankly the intellectual and
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competitive aspect of it
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helping people is first and foremost
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but the practice of law requires the
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review of
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cases statutes legal authority
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that’s been developed over decades if
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not hundreds of years
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it’s complex particularly when applied
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to
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the different factual situations of a
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given case you’re
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involved in and that intellectual
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pursuit is incredibly stimulating
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the related aspect is as someone who has
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grown up playing sports and is still a
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sports fan and
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has competitive juices flowing through
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him even
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even as he gets older and his body
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doesn’t necessarily allow him to
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participate
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on the playing field is the competitive
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aspect it’s
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it’s being able to duel professionally
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collegially
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but dual wits with someone on the other
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side and analyze the law
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ideally and optimally achieve a positive
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outcome for your client
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it’s a great rush not only to help
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someone else but to feel
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that your position and that your efforts
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have been vindicated by a third party
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Baltimore, MD commercial litigation attorney Jonathan D. Nelson talks about the philosophy that guides his work as well as the most rewarding aspect of his practice.
