Sam Nielson
Orange County Employment Attorney
Samuel P. Nielson is a tenacious and polished advocate specializing in employment law. He exclusively represents employees in workplace disputes. Sam has varied litigation experience in both federal and state courts through single plaintiff and class action lawsuits.
For more than a dozen years, Super Lawyers Magazine has annually named Sam a "Super Lawyer" or “Rising Star” in Employment Law. He has a perfect 10/10 rating from the online legal referral service Avvo, and a “Distinguished” peer-review rating from Martindale-Hubbell. The National Trial Advocates, a companion organization to the National Trial Lawyers, recognized Sam in as one of the “Top 40 Under 40” attorneys practicing in California. And the California State Bar awarded him the Wiley W. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Services.
Sam currently serves as the Chair of the Orange County Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Section. He has also been a member of the J. Rueben Clark Law Society’s Board of Directors, the Orange County Bar Association Labor and Employment Section’s Executive Committee, and a mentor to law students at the University of California, Irvine, School of Law. He received his law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law and other degrees from the University of South Carolina and Brigham Young University.
- Employment Law
- Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
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Free Consultation
Free initial consultation. -
Contingent Fees
40%-50%
- California
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- French: Spoken, Written
- University of Iowa
- J.D.
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- University of South Carolina - Columbia
- Ph.D.
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- Brigham Young University
- B.S.
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- Top 100
- The National Trial Lawyers
- Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- Up and Coming 25: Orange County Rising Stars
- Super Lawyers
- Up and Coming 100: Southern California Rising Stars
- Super Lawyers
- Up and Coming 100: Southern California Rising Stars
- Super Lawyers
- State Bar of California # 274611
- Member
- Current
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- Making the Most of Your Settlement Agreements
- Advocate Magazine
- Ethically and Efficiently Conducting Discovery, OCBA Labor & Employment Symposium, Western State College of Law
- Orange County Bar Association
- Website
- Elite Employment Law APC - Employee Rights Attorneys
