Samuel J. Nelson

Contact Email: SNelson@mkqlaw.com

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Phone: (651) 228-1911

Fax: (651) 223-5483

Sam practices employment law, business & nonprofit law, school law, and estate planning. He assists clients with the wide range of legal issues they encounter, including drafting employment policies, guiding clients through layoffs, negotiating and litigating harassment, discrimination, and other employment law claims, advising on corporate governance and oversight, forming new entities, reviewing and drafting contracts, drafting wills, and probating estates. He also guides clients through their real estate and immigration matters.
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While in law school, Sam interned with Federal District Judge Stephen J. Murphy, III, served as president of his school's Federalist Society chapter, and was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Law & Public Policy.

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Practice Areas​

• Employment Law
• Business & Nonprofit Law
• Civil Litigation
• School Law
• ​Church & Religious Law
• ​Real Estate
  
• Estate Planning, Trusts & Probate​

Education 

• University of St. Thomas School of Law, J.D. cum laude
• University of Minnesota, B.A. with Honors

Bar Admissions

• Minnesota

Professional Activities

• Minnesota State Bar Association​
• Ramsey County Bar Association​
• MSBA Labor & Employment Law Section Member
• MSBA Probate & Trust Law Section Member
• MSBA Business Law Section Member