Indian Wells, CA
760.501.0927
760.771.6373- Email: John.Nelson@lewisbrisbois.com
- Phone: 760.501.0927
- Fax: 760.771.6373
John is a partner in the Indian Wells office of Lewis Brisbois and a member of the Real Estate, Land Use & Environment Practice. His practice focuses on environmental law, complex litigation, water rights and quality, land use and real estate.
He has represented public and private clients in a range of industries in litigation, permitting and compliance counseling. He handles the following types of matters:
- Complex environmental litigation (Superfund, water rights)
- Large-scale mining and real estate project permitting and litigation
- Natural resource permitting and regulatory compliance
- Real estate litigation
- California Environmental Quality Act compliance and litigation
- Clean Water Act and Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act litigation and compliance
- Regulatory and general counsel for agribusiness, biotech, water agency and construction industry clients
Prior to joining Lewis Bribsois, Mr. Nelson was in-house counsel for Ash Grove Cement Company and Monsanto Company.
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Prior Experience
- Assistant General Counsel, Ash Grove Cement Company
- Assistant General Counsel, Monsanto Company
Published Opinions
- State Water Resources Control Bd. Cases, 136 Cal.App.4th 674 (2006)
- Kansas v. Colorado, 543 U.S. 86 (2004)(assisted U.S. Supreme Court Special Master)
Representative Experience
- Ameripride Svc. Inc. v. Valley Industrial et al. 2:00-cv-00113, Eastern District of California (2006)(favorable Superfund settlement for client Huhtamaki Foodservices, Inc.)
- United States v. Ash Grove Cement, Case No. 2:13-cv-02299 (Clean Air Act Consent Decree requiring extensive cement plant upgrades and pollution control technology)
- Tar Creek Superfund site and related toxic tort cases (Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma federal and state courts)
- Lower Duwamish Superfund site (Seattle,WA)
- United States v. Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, (negotiated $4.7 billion Clean Water Act Consent Decree for sewer overflows)
Professional Presentations
Panelist, National eDiscovery Leadership Institute (2015)
Admissions
California
Missouri
Associations
- California Bar, Environmental Section
- Missouri Bar
- Desert Bar Association
- Riverside County Bar Association
Education
UCLA Law
Juris Doctor, 2001
Claremont McKenna College
Bachelor of Arts, 1998
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