Family Law

• Guardianship
  Parents and caregivers with young adults with profound special needs are suddenly faced with having limited ability to make health, education, placement, financial and other decisions when their children transition to adulthood at age 18. The Firm created the South Carolina Guardianship Project and recently the Georgia Guardianship Project with Atlanta Legal Aid, and attorneys represent low-income parents and caregivers in probate court to establish legal guardianship over family members who have severe special needs.

Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
• Fraud
• White Collar Crimes
  We’ve built and grown our Firm in response to our clients’ needs. From a Firm of one attorney in 1897 to 1,000+ attorneys, policy advisors, and professionals today, we provide advice and counsel to corporate and individual clients in a wide variety of areas, including: litigation, corporate, banking, e-discovery, economic development, securities, finance, tax, estate planning, intellectual property, governmental relations, regulatory, healthcare, environmental, real estate, labor and employment, privacy and security, and white collar crime. Nelson Mullins attorneys have handled cases in most states in the United States and have argued before many appellate courts. Nelson Mullins' clients range from...
• Drug Crimes
  More than 20 lawyers worked to seek relief for clients under President Obama’s clemency power for prisoners facing long sentences for nonviolent drug crimes. The Firm handled 15 cases and four clients were granted clemency and released from prison. Read More…
• Money Laundering

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Nelson Mullins’ newsletter providing guidance and updates to securities-related issues, including SEC compliance, public and private offerings, and corporate governance.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  The Nelson Mullins M&A Externship Program provides 2L and 3L students from the University of Georgia School of Law with work experience in mergers and acquisitions for academic credit. During the fall and spring semesters, externs work side by side with Atlanta attorneys from Nelson Mullins’ Corporate Group to gain exposure to the entire M&A process as they become involved in a variety of matters related to a transaction. Externs are involved with under-represented lawyers in the M&A field.
• Trade Secrets
• Intellectual Property
  For compliance, fraud prevention, and legal purposes, including to defend or protect us, you, our clients, or third parties, from harm or in legal proceedings; to maintain the security of our clients, employees, and property; to respond to court orders, lawsuits, subpoenas, and government requests; to address legal and regulatory compliance; to notify you of any other legal or safety issues; to detect, prevent, and respond to actual or potential fraud or security incidents, illegal activities, or intellectual property infringement; and to exercise or defend against legal claims.
• Antitrust

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Established in 1897, Nelson Mullins is a full-service Am Law 100 firm of more than 1,000 attorneys, policy advisors, and professionals with offices across the United States. For more information, go to www.nelsonmullins.com.
• Premises Liability
• Construction Litigation
• Eminent Domain
• Land Use and Zoning

Immigration Law

• Business Immigration

Health Law

• Personal Injury
• Medical Malpractice

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
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• Wills
  Nelson Mullins has proactively created and maintained robust programs to provide simple wills and healthcare directives free of charge to first responders who put their lives on the line to serve and protect.
• Trusts
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
• Foreclosure
• Tax Law
  The Firm has a very strong commitment to provide pro bono service to charitable, religious, civic, community, governmental and educational organizations whose mission is to address the needs of persons of limited means. The Firm’s pro bono service to eleemosynary corporations has involved tax issues, bankruptcy, employment, mergers and acquisitions, real estate matters, contracts, government regulations, intellectual property, immigration, lobbying, litigation and several other issues. As an example, we are strong supporters of the Atlanta Pro Bono Partnership and over the years have provided legal services on approximately 225 matters to nonprofits in Atlanta.