OVERVIEW

Employment attorney Marcus E. Nelson focuses his practice on employment litigation and counseling, representing employers in a wide range of workplace matters.

Marcus defends employers against claims involving wage and hour violations, discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wrongful termination and disability accommodation. He has achieved favorable outcomes for clients in arbitration and in California state and federal courts. Marcus also helps employers proactively manage workplace risk by advising on employment and separation agreements, employee handbooks, workplace policies and other employment-related matters. He regularly prepares and advises clients on responses to claims before federal and state administrative agencies, including the California Civil Rights Department and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Before beginning his legal career, Marcus served for more than nine years as a multifunctional logistics officer in the United States Army. His service included leadership as a company commander and work as a logistics planner supporting NATO operations in Europe. The leadership, strategic planning, and decision-making experience he developed in the Army continue to inform his practical, disciplined approach to representing employers.

Marcus earned his B.S. from the United States Military Academy at West Point and his J.D. from the University of Richmond School of Law.

Marcus is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the John M. Langston Bar Association. He also serves as a Board Member and Treasurer of the West Point Society of Los Angeles and as a Lawyer-Mentor to first-year law students through the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity’s Law School Mentoring Program.