Mr. Dean R. Nelson

Dean R. Nelson, Jr. is an attorney with the Taunt Law Firm in Birmingham, Mich., where he focuses his practice on bankruptcy, civil litigation, real property and corporate law. He also represents panel chapter 7 trustees, individual debtors (consumer and business) and creditors in a variety of bankruptcy issues, including substantial litigation experience. Mr. Nelson has been a speaker at ABI?s Central States Bankruptcy Workshop and Hon. Steven W. Rhodes Consumer Bankruptcy Conference, and the Detroit Consumer Bankruptcy Association Trial Skills Workshop. He also is a member of the chapter 7 subcommittee of the Local Rules Advisory Committee for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District ofMichigan. Mr. Nelson received his B.A. with distinction from the University of Michigan in 2003 and his J.D. cum laude from Wayne State University in 2007. While in law school, he was on the board of directors of the Free Legal Aid Clinic, Inc., where he represented indigent residents of Detroit on family law-related matters before the Wayne County Circuit Court.