Tim Nelson has extensive experience litigating high-profile cases before trial and appellate courts at the state and federal level, including the following high-profile or published decisions.
- State v. Mathis, et al, No. CV2011-016442 (Super. Ct. Maricopa County 2011) (won dismissal of claims against member of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission).
- State v. Western Union Fin. Servs., Inc., (Super. Ct., Maricopa Co. 2010) (negotiated $94 million settlement of money laundering allegations)
- Tilosi v. Board of Regents, Super. Ct., Maricopa Co. (2010) (negotiated settlement of decade-long dispute over misuse of Tribal blood samples)
- Harvey v. Brewer, 605 F.3d 1067 (9th Cir. 2010)
- Yes on Prop 200 v. Napolitano, 215 Ariz. 458, 160 P.3d 1216 (Ariz. App. Div. 1, 2007)
- Arizona Contractors Ass’n v. Napolitano, 2007 WL 5243673 (D. Ariz. 2007)
- Forty-Seventh Legislature of State v. Napolitano, 213 Ariz. 482, 143 P.3d 1023 (2006)
- Bennett v. Napolitano, 206 Ariz. 520, 81 P.3d 311 (2003)
- Bunker’s Glass Co. v. Pilkington PLC, 206 Ariz. 9, 75 P.3d 99 (2003)
- State v. Arthur Anderson, et al, (Super. Ct Maricopa Co. 2002) (negotiated $217 million settlement for defrauded investors in Baptist Foundation scandal)
- Chen v. Ashcroft, 289 F.3d 1113 (9th Cir. 2002)
- State v. RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co., (Super. Ct. Maricopa Co. 2001) (won injunction barring the display of the Winston cigarette brand at racetracks in violation of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement)
- Alliance of Auto. Mfrs. v. Hull, 137 F. Supp.2d 1165 (D. Ariz., 2001)
- Arizona Civil Liberties Union v. Dunham, 112 F. Supp.2d 927 (D. Ariz., 2000)
- Open Primary Elections Now v. Bayless, 193 Ariz. 43, 969 P.2d 649 (1998)
- Meyers v. Bayless, 192 Ariz. 376, 965 P.2d 768 (1998)
- Ceja v. Stewart, 134 F.3d 1368 (9th Cir. 1998)
- Dean et al. v. St. Martin’s Press et al., (D. D.C. 1992) (served as local counsel to former presidential counsel John Dean in a libel action)
- In re Harbour Pointe Ltd. Partnership, 132 B.R. 501 (Bankr.D. D.C., 1991)
- Energy Transportation Systems, Inc. v. Burlington Northern RR, et al. (E.D. Tex. 1989) (served on antitrust trial team that won $345 million verdict (before trebling))