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Fredric C. Nelson
Partner
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Experience
Fredric Nelson's extensive trial and appellate practice in state and federal courts has focused on antitrust, products liability, professional negligence and general commercial litigation matters.
Fredric has been recognized as a "Super Lawyer" by the publishers of the Northern California Super Lawyer magazine for 2009. Inclusion in Super Lawyers is based on a peer-review survey.
Representative Matters
- Represented a large forest products company in a series of antitrust actions (alleging monopolization and attempted monopolization) pending in the Pacific Northwest.
- Obtained a defense judgment in an antitrust matter involving "tying" in the steel industry.
- Obtained a defense verdict in a malpractice action brought against a major San Francisco law firm after a three-week trial involving a failed real estate development.
- Obtained a defense verdict after a two-week trial in a product liability action involving food-processing equipment.
- Obtained a defense verdict, and multi-million dollar verdict on defendant's cross-complaint, after a four week trial involving claims by a large bank against our client alleging breach of a note and guarantee, and a related cross-claim alleging breach of fiduciary duty.
- Obtained a defense verdict after a four-week trial in an action alleging legal malpractice by a large San Francisco law firm in connection with financing for a large commercial office building.
- Obtained a defense verdict after a three-week trial involving product liability claims against a major manufacturer of weatherable plastic resins.
- Obtained a defense verdict after an eight-week trial involving product liability and fraud claims brought against one of the largest forest products companies in the U.S.
- Obtained a judgment for the defense following a three-month bench trial stemming from claims that a large chemical company had fraudulently marketed its plastic products.
- Obtained a defense verdict following a nine-week trial involving breach of warranty, negligence, and California Business and Professional Code §17200 claims against a manufacturer of composite wood products.
Admissions
Fredric is admitted to practice in California.
Education
University of Pittsburgh School of Law, J.D. (Managing Editor, University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 1969-1970)
Dickinson College, B.A.
Affiliations
Co-Chairman, Subcommittee on Product Liability Matters of the Committee on Corporate Counsel, Litigation Section of the American Bar Association
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
Bar Association of San Francisco
Charitable/Civic Associations
Past President of The Guardsmen (a non-profit charitable organization benefiting Northern California youth)
Past President of the San Francisco Boys & Girls Club
Former Director, S.H. Cowell Foundation
Regent of the University of the Pacific
Trustee, Rumsey Hall School, Washington Depot, CT
Formerly General Counsel, currently member of the Executive Committee, and Treasurer, United States Golf Association
