Brett Nelson is a Texas attorney with nearly two decades’ worth of experience and the founding partner of the Nelson Law Group. He prides himself on his honesty, sensitivity, compassion, and his unwavering commitment to providing value to his clients while zealously advocating for their rights.
Brett’s extensive trial experience spans many practice areas. He has handled both bench and jury trials and has extensive experience working with family law and complex litigation matters. Brett has handled litigation involving fire insurance coverage, statutory penalty pension credit, defective construction, product liability, personal injury, worker’s compensation, estate administration (claims), medical malpractice, and professional negligence.
Emotions can run pretty high in family law cases. This is especially true when a party is incapable of representing or looking after themselves during the proceedings, and decisions are being made about their future. Naturally, the Court’s job is to ensure that person always has someone looking after them, and this is where a…
Child custody may very well be the most sensitive topic in all of family law. After all, you are dealing with children — and I have long said that the child in a divorce case suffers the most. The Court’s job is to ensure every decision made is in the child’s best interest, and sometimes…
When Nelson Law Group, PC, opened its doors seven years ago, we did not foresee our firm growing much larger than one lawyer and a handful of team members. Fast forward to today, and Nelson Law is an award-winning law firm that grew from a couple of private offices to a redesigned suite that was…
Nelson Law Group, PC in Flower Mound Adds Accomplished Lawyer Jim Ashmore to its Growing Team of Family Law Attorneys Flower Mound, TX (December 30, 2021) — Nelson Law Group, PC, an award-winning family law office located in Flower Mound, TX, announced Thursday that it hired accomplished lawyer and mediator Jim Ashmore. The addition is…
We caution existing and prospective clients all the time about the dangers of neglecting their estate planning strategies altogether. Simply put, everyone needs to have a plan in place for the day they die or become incapacitated, and getting it done sooner rather than later is always best. But what about those who do have…
The divorce process is rarely as easy as two people agreeing to part ways. There are many factors that come into play that must be addressed in a way that is just and right to all parties — even in what appears to be an uncontested matter. This ultimately drags the divorce process out, leaving…
When couples are headed for divorce, there is a natural temptation for emotions to take hold and bad decision-making to set in. One spouse may hide money or close joint bank accounts before the marriage is over. Another might date on the side or keep the kids away from their soon-to-be ex. None of these…
So you are getting divorced. You have found yourself a family lawyer, raised enough funds to financially see the process through from start to finish, asked the right questions, got all your documents together, and prepared yourself mentally for the uncharted road ahead. You are feeling as good as you can possibly feel under the…
A question our team of family law attorneys gets asked all the time is if legal separation is recognized in Texas. And if so, what is the difference between that and a divorce? While there are some states that do recognize legal separation, Texas, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mississippi, and Florida do not. In these states,…
We recently found a quote from an unknown author that says, “Don’t look back. You’re not going that way.” This is excellent advice, as we always want to be looking forward to our future rather than constantly thinking about things from the past that we wish we could have done better but cannot change. With…