Rhonda L. Nelson

Rhonda Nelson is a Member of the firm, specializing in labor and employment, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights litigation.

As co-chair of the firm's Labor & Employment practice group, she specializes in labor and employment litigation, advice, and counseling, representing employers in a wide variety of issues arising within the employer/employee relationship. Ms. Nelson counsels employers on internal harassment and discrimination investigations and presents on-site seminars for clients on sexual harassment and related issues. Ms. Nelson also has experience litigating employment issues (with extensive experience in civil law and motion practice).

As a member of the firm's Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights practice group, Ms. Nelson prosecutes lenders’ suits to collect loans and enforce loan agreements including appointment of receivers, attachments, claim and delivery actions, real property foreclosures, and enforcements of guaranty contracts. She also has extensive experience in obtaining relief from the automatic stay, negotiating agreements and litigating the use of cash collateral, obtaining adequate protection, obtaining appointment of a Chapter 11 trustee, negotiating, documenting and obtaining court approval of loans to Chapter 11 debtors on a secured basis, negotiating and litigating confirmation of reorganization plans, defending preference avoidance actions, prosecuting complaints objecting to discharge and the dischargeability of debts; motions for conversion, dismissal and consolidation of bankruptcy cases.

Ms. Nelson is very active a number of professional associations. She has served as Chair, Vice-Chair and Secretary of the Debtor/Creditor and Bankruptcy Relations Committee of the State Bar of California and is currently a member of the Labor and Employment Law Section. Ms. Nelson is a member American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section and the Business Law Section. She is also a member of the Bar Association of San Francisco, Labor and Employment Law Section and the Judicial Evaluation Committee. She has been a panelist at a number of seminars and programs organized by such associations as the Continuing Education of the Bar and the American Bar Association.