Emily Nelson

Emily Nelson is an associate attorney in Fennemore’s Trusts & Estates practice group. She assists clients with estate planning and wealth preservation. Emily earned her law degree from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, with a concentration in tax and business. There, she earned the CALI Excellence Award for Estate and Gift Tax/Estate Planning, and was a member of the Anthony M. Kennedy American Inn of Court and the negotiation competition team. In addition to her education at the University of the Pacific, Emily studied abroad at the University of Salzburg, taking courses in Comparative Freedom of Expression and Negotiating Entertainment Contracts, and participated in LinkedIn’s Legal & Public Policy summer program titled “Uncovering opportunities: Careers as In-house Counsel.”

Prior to joining Fennemore, Emily was a legal extern at the Franchise Tax Board and the California State Department of Parks and Recreation, gaining valuable experience providing guidance through sensitive legal matters. She was also a summer law clerk for two California-based law firms.

• J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, with distinction
  • Tax concentration and business concentration
  • Pacific Law Scholarship (merit-based)
  • CALI Excellence Award – Estate and Gift Tax/Estate Planning
  • Dean’s Honor List
  • Anthony M. Kennedy American Inn of Court
  • Negotiation Competition Team
  • Themis Bar Student Representative
  • Member, Women Lawyers of Sacramento
• B.A., California State University, Fresno, summa cum laude
  • Selected Senior Thesis Presenter, “Structural Racism, Environmental Injustice, and Social Positions,” Arts in Motion Voicing Ideas Conference, 2021

• Trayner Honor Society

• California