Ann-Patton Nelson, born Jasper, Alabama; admitted to bar, 2006, North Carolina; U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of North Carolina; Cherokee Tribal Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Education: Birmingham-Southern College (B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 2001); Mercer University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2006). Recipient, National Association of Women Lawyers Outstanding Law Student Award, 2006. Member, Brainerd Currie Honor Society. Member and Georgia Survey Editor, Mercer Law Review. Member, National Moot Court Team.

Member: North Carolina State Bar; 28th Judicial District; Member, North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys; Member, Defense Research Institute.

Areas of Practice: Civil Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense; Insurance Defense; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Personal Injury.

Publications:

• A New Era of Dead-Beat Dads: Determining Social Security Survivor Benefits for Children Who Are Posthumously Conceived, 56 Mercer Law Review 759 (2005).

Community Service & Prior Employment:

• WCQS Public Radio Station, Community Advisory Board Member Chairperson (current)
• Former AmeriCorps Volunteer with Habitat for Humanity, Missoula, MT
• Guest Relations, Nantahala Outdoor Center, Bryson City, NC (five years)