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Jacob W. Nelson

Jacob W. Nelson Member

Contact Information

(319) 896-4032 (319) 366-1917 jnelson@spmblaw.com Cedar Rapids, IA
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Practice Area

Bar Admissions

  • State of Iowa
  • State of Wisconsin

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals
    • Seventh Circuit
    • Eighth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court
    • Northern District of Iowa
    • Southern District of Iowa
    • Eastern District of Wisconsin
    • Western District of Wisconsin

Education

  • Vanderbilt University Law School, JD, 2008
    • Moot Court Board
    • Mock Trial Board
  • University of Iowa, BA, with honors and highest distinction, 2004
    • Phi Beta Kappa

Clerkship

  • Judicial Clerk to the Honorable James E. Gritzner, United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
  • Judicial Extern to the Honorable Aleta A. Trauger, United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Jacob Nelson is a litigation attorney with Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman PLC where he is engaged primarily in general commercial litigation, distribution and franchise-related litigation and construction law. Prior to joining the firm in 2015, Mr. Nelson worked as a litigation attorney at Foley & Lardner LLP in Milwaukee.

Mr. Nelson served as a law clerk to Judge James E. Gritzner of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.  During law school, he was a judicial extern to Judge Aleta A. Trauger of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.  Prior to law school, Mr. Nelson was a member of the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps.

Place of Birth: Cedar Rapids, Iowa

  • Included in the Best Lawyers in America® 2022-2025 Ones to Watch: Cedar Rapids 
    • Commercial Litigation
  • Included in Great Plains Super Lawyers list, 2022-2023
    • Business Litigation
  • Included in Great Plains Super Lawyers Rising Star list, 2016-2017
  • Graduate of the Leadership for Five Seasons, Class of 2017
  • Iowa State Bar Association
    • Litigation Section
    • Construction Law Section
  • State Bar of Wisconsin
  • Linn County Bar Association
  • Greater Cedar Rapids Housing & Building Association
  • Master Builders of Iowa