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Justin is a Texas native who represents both plaintiffs and defendants in civil litigation--often in cases with hundreds of millions or billions of dollars at stake. His practice includes complex civil litigation from antitrust to appellate to bankruptcy to contractual disputes to intellectual property.
Intellectual Asset Management magazine named Mr. Nelson as among the World's Leading Patent Practitioners. In June 2010, the American Lawyer named Mr. Nelson "Litigator of the Week" for his work on the Washington Mutual bankruptcy case. In April 2017, Justin--serving as lead counsel--obtained a jury verdict of over $50 million for his client Green Mountain Glass against Ardagh on a patent infringement matter involving recycled glass..
Nelson has represented various parties in the Supreme Court of the United States, in cases ranging from intellectual property to antitrust to election law. Mr. Nelson has practiced First Amendment law on behalf of various media companies. He has taught Advanced Constitutional Law on the Law of the Political Process, and has served as the Chair of the Economics of the Profession Committee in the American Bar Association's Intellectual Property Division. He teaches as an adjunct professor at The University of Texas School of Law. He was a law clerk to Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (2000-01), and for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor at the United States Supreme Court (2002-03)
Nelson said that he fears the imbroglio that has evolved from Paxton's case is the new norm, that even when the prosecution of a public official is rooted in a violation of state law, supporters will attempt to blur everything by crying "Witch Hunt! There are the obvious comparisons to national politics."
Defunding the prosecution? Is this something out of Mugabe's Zimbabwe, Nazi Germany's Holocaust, or some other current 3rd world judicial nightmare?
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On the Federal Judicial level, the SEC complaint against Paxton was dismissed:
U.S. judge dismisses SEC complaint against Ken Paxton"I have maintained all along this whole saga is a political witch hunt," Paxton said in a written statement. "Today's ruling to dismiss the charges with prejudice confirms that these charges were baseless when the SEC initially brought them and they were without merit when the SEC refiled them. Someone needs to hold the SEC accountable for this travesty."Paxton lawyer Bill Mateja said the attention will now shift to the criminal case. "We are now focused on Ken Paxton's full exoneration in the state matter, where the special prosecutor's burden is even higher and the fraud allegations in the SEC case mirror those in the state case," he said.
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The payment to the prosecutors question is now being considered by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state's highest criminal court. The prosecutors on the case haven't been paid in more than two years and have indicated they'll quit if appeals don't shake out in their favor. Defense lawyers warn that if this court rules in agreement with Team Paxton will have an irreparable and catastrophic effect on all defenses of indigents, and will thus stop judges from hiring lawyers who are qualified to handle cases with the remotest level of complexity. Several district attorneys stated that a sympathetic-to-Team-Paxton ruling would make it impossible to prosecute rich high-profile politicians. Paxton's prosecutors told the court, "Most criminal defendants don't have millionaire pals, supporters and donors with the time and money to defund their prosecutions."
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Summarizing the new Texas Observer article about the Republican Texas Attorney General:
After being sworn in as Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton's days seemed like they might rapidly be coming to a close. In July 2015, a grand jury indicted Paxton, twice for securities fraud and another for failing to register with the state as an investment advisor. Republicans were silent or gave statements on the importance of due process. One poll conducted after Paxton's indictment found that a majority of GOP voters wanted him to resign.
His case is now into its fourth year. If his trial actually eventually does occur, it will come after the November election. His Democratic challenger, Austin attorney Justin Nelson, has devoted his campaign to reminding everyone listening that the Attorney General faces felony charges that could put him in prison for the rest of his life.
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