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  • Home
  • Who We Serve
  • Practice Areas and Fees
    • General Counsel Service
    • Business Law >
      • LLC Formation
      • LLC Operating Agreements
      • Close Corporation Formation
      • Corporate Bylaws
      • Close Corporation Agreements
      • Other Business Law Services
    • Business Contracts >
      • B2B Service Agreements
      • Contract Review and Advice
      • Customer Agreements
      • Financial Agreements
      • Joint Venture Agreements
      • Lease Agreements
      • Noncompete Agreements
      • Nondisclosure Agreements
      • Waiver and Release Agreements
      • Website Privacy Policies
      • Website Terms of Service
    • Business Sales >
      • Business Purchases and Sales
      • Letter of Intent
      • Purchase Agreements
      • Buy-Sell Agreements
      • Membership Interest Transfer Agreements
      • Business Succession & Disaster Planning
      • Business Dissolutions
    • Raising Money From Investors >
      • Private Placement Memorandums
      • Investment Agreements
    • Franchising and Business Opportunities >
      • Franchise Disclosure Documents
      • Franchise Agreements
      • Ohio Business Opportunity Plans
    • Nonprofit Law >
      • Nonprofit Formation
      • Co-op Formation
      • Tax Exempt Status
      • Nonprofit Governance
      • Nonprofit MOUs and Agreements
      • Nonprofit General Counsel Service
    • Intellectual Property >
      • Trademark Search
      • Trademark Registration
      • Trademark Maintenance
      • Copyright Registration
      • Work For Hire Agreement
      • Licensing Intellectual Property
      • Assigning Intellectual Property
      • Proprietary Information and Invention Assignment Agreements
      • Confidentiality Agreements
      • Intellectual Property Audit
    • Employment Law >
      • Employment Contracts
      • Employee Handbooks
      • Employment Policies
      • Independent Contractors
  • Adding Value
    • Legal Audit Checklist
    • Legal Dictionary
    • 7 Common Legal Mistakes
    • Succession and Emergency Planning Worksheet
    • Business Contracts: Review Checklist
    • Webinars >
      • HR 101: Managing the Growing Pains That Come With Growing Your Business
      • Hiring Independent Contractors
      • Legal Audit and Risk Assessment
      • Structuring a Social Enterprise
  • Bio
  • Blog
  • Scheduling
    • Prospective Client Scheduling
    • Existing and Former Client Scheduling
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Education
J.D., The University of Texas, School of Law, 2007
  • TYLA Mock Trial Team
​​B.A., Howard University, 2004
  • summa cum laude
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Mock Trial Team
  • Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Alpha Chapter
​Community and Bar Association Activities
  • NAWBO Columbus (Former Treasurer)
  • Roy G Biv (Former Board Member)
  • Columbus Bar Association, Minorities in the Law Committee (Co-Chair 2015-2017)
  • John Mercer Langston Bar Association (Board Member, Solo/Small Firm Committee 2016-2018)
  • Why Marriage Matters Campaign 
  • Gahanna Area Arts Council (Former Board Member)
  • Buckeye Region Anti-Violence Organization (Former Board Member)
  • Adoption Network Public Policy Committee (Former Member)

Maritza "Shay" Nelson,
Managing Attorney

​Prior to venturing out on their own, Maritza “Shay” Nelson spent 7 years at two of the nation’s largest law firms as an associate in their respective litigation groups. Shay then decided that practicing law could be about more than how many hours could be billed and now works almost exclusively on a flat fee basis. Clients range from start-ups to growing businesses and non-profits with nearly 100 employees across a wide variety of industries.

Maritza is a proud graduate of Howard University, where they received their Bachelor of Arts in Political Science summa cum laude before going on to The University of Texas School of Law for their Juris Doctorate. In addition to running a thriving law firm, Shay is actively involved with the state and local bar associations. In their spare time, they are a struggling blues-rock guitar player and avid sci-fi and fantasy reader.
Admissions
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 2010
  • Ohio, 2009
  • District of Columbia, 2008 (Inactive)
  • Virginia, 2007 (Withdrawn)
Prior Firms
  • ​Baker & Hostetler, LLP, 2009 - 2014
  • Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP, 2007 - 2009
Other Recognitions
  • 2017 Ohio Rising Stars List
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Pro Bono
  • Serve as Outside General Counsel for Juvenile Justice Coalition.
  • Represented an army officer charged with attempted suicide while serving in Iraq.  Helped client withdraw coerced resignation in lieu of court-martial.  Maintained contacts with the media, ensuring favorable publicity.  After the military equivalent of a pre-trial hearing, the case was dismissed.  The client was honorably discharged and able to keep all benefits.  
  • As a student attorney with the Criminal Defense Clinic at The University of Texas School of Law, obtained two not guilty verdicts in bench and jury trials for clients charged with theft and public intoxication.
Before deciding to venture out on my own, I spent seven years at two of the largest law firms in the country as an associate attorney in their respective litigation groups.  During that time, some of my cases included:
  • representing a global supplier of custom-engineered equipment in a trade secrets case where two former employees took the secrets and went to work for a competitor;
  • multiple trademark infringement cases for a product certification company whose product certifications were being copied and used without permission; 
  • a Fair Housing Act suit accusing a property management company of having a pattern or practice of discrimination because of the actions of one rogue (former) employee; 
  • representing a real estate company and several of its realtors in litigation with a disgruntled customer;
  • suing to recover preferential and fraudulent transfers in multiple Ponzi scheme cases, including the infamous Madoff case.  

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