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DANA NELSON
2635 Beckwith Trail SE • Marietta, Georgia 30068
770.633.6225 • dananelson3966@gmail.com
CORPORATE COUNSEL / LAW FIRM ADMINISTRATOR
Talented Attorney with wealth of experience as Counsel, Partner, and Administrator within legal sector,
having specialization in sales support, contract negotiations, and large-scale caseload management.
Proven track record in providing legal guidance with a wealth of experience including agreement drafting
and corporate due diligence. Experienced in strengthening strategic business development efforts by
recruiting, hiring, training, and supervising top performing Associate. Adept at providing targeted legal
advice and counsel related to big picture and daily business operations.
All State and Federal Court Litigation
Managing Partner Experience
General Liability
Contracts and Business Transactions
Regulatory Compliance
Accounts Payable / Accounts Receivable • Project Management • Benefits / Compensation
Performance Management • Client Relations • Complex Litigation • Insurance Defense
ADR • Negotiations and Mediations • Vendor Contracts • Client Retention • Risk Management
Worker’s Compensation Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PIERCE & DUNKELBERGER, Atlanta, Georgia • PRESENT
Three Atlanta offices full service handling most practice areas including International law, Family
law, Corporate Business Litigation and International Business transactions
Counsel
Handled Business Litigation, International Business Transactions; Corporate litigation; Federal
Court Litigation including U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th
Circuit; Client meetings and
hearings; Emphasis on Chinese Business Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Employment Law and
Family Law.
Resume
MOZLEY, FINLAYSON & LOGGINS, LLP, Atlanta, Georgia • 11/2011 – 4/2014
Full service mid-sized firm handling most practice areas.
Counsel
Delivered key contributions to litigation and served as Head Worker Compensation Attorney managing
200 file caseload. Administered litigation budgeting, conducted initial client meeting and exposure
evaluations, and streamlined case handling to ADR or trial. Collaborated closely with litigation and chief
worker’s compensation partner, generated and interpreted settlement reports for clients, and handled
monthly review billing and receivable reports.
Achievements:
• Successfully settled losing trucking case through location of new witnesses.
• Boosted productivity and profitability through creation of case progression plan utilizing paralegals
and time limits.
THE ORLANDO LAW FIRM Decatur, Georgia • 6/2011 – 8/2011
Mass torts, products liability, personal injury, wrongful death, class actions and workers compensation.
Expert Large Project Attorney
Reconstructed Worker’s Compensation section of law firm.
Achievements:
• Resolved most stagnant cases and placed remaining unsettled cases with trained Case Managers
with specific plans to close within 3 months, through personal coordination with every opposing
Attorney or insurance representative moving files into litigation, ADR, or immediate settlement.
• Generated $800k, within tight timeframe, through retrieval of all settlement documents for collection
from invested parties and invoicing for payables for payment after verification.
• Retained existing clients, potentially leaving firm, by personally contacting every client, with and
without, translators to providing current summary and plan of action, scheduling appointments for
signing of Release documents and disbursement of monies, and coordinating mediations and
preparing clients for hearing testimony.
DONAHUE, NELSON AND COHEN, Atlanta, Georgia • 7/1997 – 08/2011
Small to mid-sized insurance defense, general liability firm including worker’s compensation and
coverage.
Equity Partner / Partner / Associate
Prospected for new clients while servicing existing cases, as well as, handling on-,and HR functions for
firm. Managed billing, collected receivables, and oversaw client relations as Partner and handled
Resume
discovery, depositions, motions hearings, administrative hearings, and second chair trial work as
Associate.
Achievements:
• Developed new Associate to top performing employee through provision of hands-on training across
practice areas by having Associate shadow depositions and hearings, as well as, offering
opportunities for improved legal writing with supervision.
• Successfully presided over tried and settled cases with fees collected over six months in agreed
upon percentage payments for large client filing for bankruptcy protection by classifying cases by
value and obtaining approval for immediate hearings and ADR.
• Handled in-house renegotiation of health plans versus utilizing broker, as well as, changing 401K
plan facilitating hardship and similar borrowing with updated language.
CAREER NOTE: Additional experience includes role as Associate – BOVIS, KYLE, BURCH AND
MEDLIN. Details available upon request.
EDUCATION
Juris Doctor – Law
University of South Carolina School of Law – Columbia, SC
Graduated Top 11%; Dean’s List
Bachelor of Science – Sociology
College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
Magna Cum Laude
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS / ORGANIZATIONS
Member – State Bar of Georgia
Member – Atlanta Bar Association
Admitted – Georgia Courts
TECHNICAL SKILLS
MS Office Suite, Needles, Client Profiles, Tabs, clock works, Abacus, legal software
for case management, and billing
Resume

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  • 1. DANA NELSON 2635 Beckwith Trail SE • Marietta, Georgia 30068 770.633.6225 • dananelson3966@gmail.com CORPORATE COUNSEL / LAW FIRM ADMINISTRATOR Talented Attorney with wealth of experience as Counsel, Partner, and Administrator within legal sector, having specialization in sales support, contract negotiations, and large-scale caseload management. Proven track record in providing legal guidance with a wealth of experience including agreement drafting and corporate due diligence. Experienced in strengthening strategic business development efforts by recruiting, hiring, training, and supervising top performing Associate. Adept at providing targeted legal advice and counsel related to big picture and daily business operations. All State and Federal Court Litigation Managing Partner Experience General Liability Contracts and Business Transactions Regulatory Compliance Accounts Payable / Accounts Receivable • Project Management • Benefits / Compensation Performance Management • Client Relations • Complex Litigation • Insurance Defense ADR • Negotiations and Mediations • Vendor Contracts • Client Retention • Risk Management Worker’s Compensation Management PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE PIERCE & DUNKELBERGER, Atlanta, Georgia • PRESENT Three Atlanta offices full service handling most practice areas including International law, Family law, Corporate Business Litigation and International Business transactions Counsel Handled Business Litigation, International Business Transactions; Corporate litigation; Federal Court Litigation including U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit; Client meetings and hearings; Emphasis on Chinese Business Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Employment Law and Family Law. Resume
  • 2. MOZLEY, FINLAYSON & LOGGINS, LLP, Atlanta, Georgia • 11/2011 – 4/2014 Full service mid-sized firm handling most practice areas. Counsel Delivered key contributions to litigation and served as Head Worker Compensation Attorney managing 200 file caseload. Administered litigation budgeting, conducted initial client meeting and exposure evaluations, and streamlined case handling to ADR or trial. Collaborated closely with litigation and chief worker’s compensation partner, generated and interpreted settlement reports for clients, and handled monthly review billing and receivable reports. Achievements: • Successfully settled losing trucking case through location of new witnesses. • Boosted productivity and profitability through creation of case progression plan utilizing paralegals and time limits. THE ORLANDO LAW FIRM Decatur, Georgia • 6/2011 – 8/2011 Mass torts, products liability, personal injury, wrongful death, class actions and workers compensation. Expert Large Project Attorney Reconstructed Worker’s Compensation section of law firm. Achievements: • Resolved most stagnant cases and placed remaining unsettled cases with trained Case Managers with specific plans to close within 3 months, through personal coordination with every opposing Attorney or insurance representative moving files into litigation, ADR, or immediate settlement. • Generated $800k, within tight timeframe, through retrieval of all settlement documents for collection from invested parties and invoicing for payables for payment after verification. • Retained existing clients, potentially leaving firm, by personally contacting every client, with and without, translators to providing current summary and plan of action, scheduling appointments for signing of Release documents and disbursement of monies, and coordinating mediations and preparing clients for hearing testimony. DONAHUE, NELSON AND COHEN, Atlanta, Georgia • 7/1997 – 08/2011 Small to mid-sized insurance defense, general liability firm including worker’s compensation and coverage. Equity Partner / Partner / Associate Prospected for new clients while servicing existing cases, as well as, handling on-,and HR functions for firm. Managed billing, collected receivables, and oversaw client relations as Partner and handled Resume
  • 3. discovery, depositions, motions hearings, administrative hearings, and second chair trial work as Associate. Achievements: • Developed new Associate to top performing employee through provision of hands-on training across practice areas by having Associate shadow depositions and hearings, as well as, offering opportunities for improved legal writing with supervision. • Successfully presided over tried and settled cases with fees collected over six months in agreed upon percentage payments for large client filing for bankruptcy protection by classifying cases by value and obtaining approval for immediate hearings and ADR. • Handled in-house renegotiation of health plans versus utilizing broker, as well as, changing 401K plan facilitating hardship and similar borrowing with updated language. CAREER NOTE: Additional experience includes role as Associate – BOVIS, KYLE, BURCH AND MEDLIN. Details available upon request. EDUCATION Juris Doctor – Law University of South Carolina School of Law – Columbia, SC Graduated Top 11%; Dean’s List Bachelor of Science – Sociology College of Charleston, Charleston, SC Magna Cum Laude PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS / ORGANIZATIONS Member – State Bar of Georgia Member – Atlanta Bar Association Admitted – Georgia Courts TECHNICAL SKILLS MS Office Suite, Needles, Client Profiles, Tabs, clock works, Abacus, legal software for case management, and billing Resume