
Douglas M. Nelson
Partner at Moustakas Nelson LLC - Attorneys at Law
Mr. Nelson is a founding member of Moustakas Nelson LLC, where his practice includes corporate and business counseling, trademark application, outside general counsel, information technology, healthcare, and other transactional business representation, for clients ranging from individuals and start ups to publicly traded institutions. Mr. Nelson also litigates estate, trust, fiduciary, and guardianship matters, including will challenges and contested guardianships before New Jersey and Pennsylvania probate and orphans’ courts.
Before entering private practice, Mr. Nelson served as a law clerk to the Honorable Karen L. Suter, P.J. Ch., Chancery Division, General Equity and Probate Part (now Appellate Division), where he received first-hand experience in New Jersey’s general equity and probate trial court. In that role, Mr. Nelson authored hundreds of draft decisions and legal memorandum regarding New Jersey probate, foreclosure, and general equity matters and wrote extensively on New Jersey trade secret law, non-competition agreements, temporary restraining orders, restrictive covenants, and probate litigation issues.
Mr. Nelson also previously served as a law fellow in the Office of Senator Christopher A. Coons in Washington DC and Wilmington, Delaware, where he focused on providing policy recommendations on cyber security and intellectual property for Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearings as well as issues concerning Dodd-Frank disclosure requirements, EB-5 investor visa program changes, and tax credits for startup corporations.
Mr. Nelson is a resident of Marlton, New Jersey. Outside of law, Mr. Nelson enjoys book collecting, surfing and fishing on Long Beach Island, and all things tech.
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Communications & Internet Law
- Internet Law, Media & Advertising, Telecommunications Law
- Trademarks
- Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration
- Probate
- Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
- FaceTime
- Google Meet
- Skype
- Zoom
- Microsoft Teams
- RingCentral
- Credit Cards Accepted
- New Jersey
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- Pennsylvania
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Member
- District III.B (Burlington County) Attorney Ethics Committee
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- Member
- Healthcare Forum Committee, Burlington County Regional Chamber of Commerce
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- Seton Hall University School of Law
- J.D. (2011) | Law
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- Honors: Magna Cum Laude; Order of the Coif; New Jersey Federal Bar Association Scholarship
- Activities: Seton Hall Law Review, Articles Editor
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- University of Delaware
- B.A. (2007) | Political Science & History
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- The Pennington School
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- Rising Stars
- Super Lawyers
- State Bar of New Jersey  # 023312011
- Member
- - Current
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- American Bar Association
- Member
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- State Bar of Pennsylvania  # 311672
- Member
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- Pennsylvania Bar Assocation
- Member
- - Current
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