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2929 North Central Avenue
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Phoenix, AZ 85012-2793

Phone: (602) 640-9336
Fax: (602) 640-6044
rnelson@omlaw.com

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Randall C. Nelson

Randy centers his practice in representing telecommunications and technology clients. Representing telecommunications clients involves regulatory, licensing, legislative and strategic business counsel. His practice for technology clients, including European companies with a strategic US presence, involves representation of companies as outside general counsel in establishing strategic relationships, technology licensing and distribution relationships, and executive employment and compensation arrangements. Randy also represents healthcare clients in a range of special projects and counsels general business clients.

Clients served span varied industries and have included: The Alexander Group, Arizona Public Service Company, The Boeing Company, Bohling, Inc., CAD-UL AG, Caremark Rx, CIM-TEAM Technische Informatik GmbH, Colletti-Fiss LLC, Cox Communications, Desert Physician Association, Honeywell International, Merck-Medco Managed Care, LLC, Nero AG, NPG Cable, Phoenix General Hospital, Sales Momentum LLC, Schaller Anderson, Incorporated, Summer Winds Garden Centers, and W.L. Gore & Associates.

Randy and his wife Chris, a free-lance court reporter, leaven their lives with reading, attending classical music and modern dance performances and hiking in the Columbia River Gorge.

 
Education
J.D., University of Colorado, 1974; University of Colorado Law Review, Comment Editor, 1973-1974; Order of the Coif

Eberhard-Karls-Universität (law faculty), Tübingen, Germany, 1970-1971

A.B., summa cum laude, Mathematics, Whitman College, 1966; Phi Beta Kappa
 
Clerkships
U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Byron R. White, 1975-1976

U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, Judge Roger Robb, 1974-1975
 
Professional Recognitions and Awards
Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Corporate/M&A, 2004-2007

The Best Lawyers in America®, Communications Law and Corporate Law, editions 2006-2009
 
Practice Areas
Administrative and Regulatory Law
Business
Emerging Ventures
General Counsel Services
Media and Communications
Software
Technology and Intellectual Property
 
Bar Admissions
Arizona, 1977

District of Columbia, 1975

Colorado, 1974
 
Professional Activities
Governor's Strategic Partnership for Economic Development Advanced Information and Communications Infrastructure Information and Telecommunication Leaders, Regulatory Team, 1993-1994

Arizona Telecommunications and Information Council Foundation Group, 1995-98

Arizona Association of Healthcare Lawyers, Member, 1992- ; Executive Committee, 1995-2000

Arizona State University, Adjunct Professor of Law, 1978-80

State Bar of Arizona, Member, Subcommittee on Revision of the Arizona Professional Corporation Code, 1994-95

Law Practice Technology Roundtable (New York and Washington, DC), 1992-2003

Maricopa County Bar Association, Corporate Counsel Division, 2003- : Kutak Commission Committee, Reporter, 1980-81
 
Community Activities
John C. Lincoln Health Foundation Advisory Council 2007-

Whitman College Board of Overseers, 1986-1999 (Executive Committee, 1989-1993; Academic Affairs Committee, Chair, 1989-1993); Alumni Admissions Representative, 1977-2000

Greater Phoenix Economic Council, Planning and Program Development Committee, 2003-2006, International Strategy Task Force 2005, International Leadership Council, 2008

Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS (pro bono counsel), 1991-

Arizona Town Hall, Member, 1993- ; Conference on Healthcare, Delegate, April 1993

Lawyers for the Phoenix Symphony, Steering Committee, 1992-1996

United States Army, 1968-1970

 

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