Sharon L Nelles

Practice Areas

Litigation; Antitrust; Commodities, Futures & Derivatives; Congressional Investigations; Consumer Financial Services; Corporate Culture, Workplace Investigations & Whistleblower Litigation; Criminal Defense & Investigations; Crisis Management; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG); Financial Services; Financial Services Investigations & Litigation; Products Liability & Mass Torts; Securities Litigation; Supreme Court and Appellate

Career

Sharon Nelles, Managing Partner of the Firm’s Litigation Group and member of the Firm’s Management Committee, represents global companies and financial institutions and their boards in every aspect of critical company matters that implicate not only civil litigation but also related regulatory, congressional and criminal investigations and enforcement actions.

Ms. Nelles has represented such clients as Moody’s and JPMorgan Chase in managing the fallout of the subprime mortgage crisis. She has done consumer litigation for Volkswagen, Microsoft and Diageo. She has tried cases in state and federal courts and has represented prominent firms and individuals in proceedings before the Department of Justice, the United States Congress, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, HUD, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and several state attorneys general.

Ms. Nelles frequently conducts workplace investigations and investigations for corporate clients, special committees and boards of directors.

Professional Memberships

President, Federal Bar Council; Member, The American Law Institute; Trustee, Jewish Theological Seminary.

Personal

Boston College Law School (JD, 1993); New York University (MA, 1990); Mount Holyoke College (BA, 1987); Judicial clerkship for The Honorable Joseph A. DiClerico, Jr., United States District Court, District of New Hampshire, (1993-1995).