Marilyn H. Nelson

Marilyn H. Nelson is an accomplished attorney with more than 25 years of experience helping clients in the Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, California, areas with cases related to personal injury. Since co-founding the law firm Zukor and Nelson in 1988, Ms. Nelson has handled matters involving car accidents, property damage, premises liability, wrongful death and more. In one wrongful death case, she helped a grieving family recover more than $5.5 million after a young woman was killed and her friend injured in a car accident.

Ms. Nelson obtained her law degree from Southwestern Law School, after earning an undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles. She is currently admitted to practice in California state courts and the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

In addition to her law practice, Ms. Nelson participates in a number of professional and community organizations. She has served as a hearings officer for the Los Angeles Police Department's Board of Rights and for the San Bernardino County Employees' Retirement Association. In previous years, she was a member of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles and held various roles in the organization, including chair of its committee on domestic violence.

Always willing to give back to her community, Ms. Nelson has volunteered for a number of charitable organizations, including the Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law.

Throughout her career, Ms. Nelson has received a number of awards and honors, including a "Difference Makers" award from the American Bar Association.