Trent Nelson

Insurance companies deny valid claims because they can. Financial predators go after the people least able to fight back. Corporations walk away from the damage they cause and wait to see whether anyone follows. Trent Nelson built his practice for the people on the other side of those decisions.

For more than a decade in law and policy, he has represented Californians in matters against parties of far greater means. He founded Trent J. Nelson Law, P.C. in Sacramento after developing his practice at some of the country's leading firms, and he brings that same standard of preparation and judgment to every case — whether the opposing party is a national insurance carrier or a regional operator who assumed no one would hold them accountable.

Practice areas

• Insurance bad faith and denied claims
• Personal Injury 
• Elder financial abuse
• Estate planning and trust administration
• Trust and probate disputes
• Consumer protection
• Business and civil litigation

Trent has been named a Super Lawyers Rising Star and selected to The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40.

Clients come to him during difficult stretches, and his approach reflects that. He is accessible to the people he represents. He tells them what the file actually supports, where it is weak, and what the next step requires — before they decide, not after. The party with more money is counting on the other side being outworked.

Trent earned his B.S., magna cum laude, from California State University, Sacramento, and his J.D., magna cum laude, from Lincoln Law School of Sacramento. He is licensed in California and admitted to practice in California state and federal courts, and is an active member of the Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association and the Barristers' Club of Sacramento.