JONATHAN N. NELSON 202 North Belvedere Drive ▪ Hampstead, North Carolina 28443 Cell: 336.287.3956 ▪ jonathan.n.nelson@gmail.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-nelson-084b479b OBJECTIVE

Seeking to serve others through expert teaching and sound legal advice.

SUMMARY ▪ Veteran Marine Corps attorney with diverse experience and superlative written and oral communication skills. ▪ Strong leader whose subordinates complete tasks correctly and on time while developing as professionals. ▪ Knowledgeable and effective instructor, completely comfortable teaching any subject to any audience. ▪ Subject matter expert in criminal justice, trial advocacy, appellate review, and post-trial procedure. ▪ Retiring from active duty; available for work in September 2016. ▪ Member of the Virginia State Bar.

EXPERIENCE

Regional Review Officer, Legal Services Support Section East Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - August 2014 to August 2016 Led a team of 14 court reporters at three bases and 7 post-trial review Marines,

transcribing, assembling, processing, and conducting appellate review for 270 records of trial per year, accurately and within statutory and regulatory time limits.

Staff Judge Advocate, Second Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force

Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - July 2012 to July 2014 As senior legal advisor to the Commanding General and his 22 subordinate

commanders, reduced pending criminal and administrative separation cases from nearly 300 to fewer than 100 by streamlining processes and improving communications with trial counsel, defense counsel, and commanders.

Branch Head, Criminal Law Division (Code 20), Office of the Judge Advocate General

Washington Navy Yard, District of Columbia - June 2010 to July 2012 While simultaneously leading Appellate Review Branch and FOIA/Privacy Act

Branch, designed and implemented cloud-based tracking systems to track records being reviewed and over 250 annual requests for public release of documents, reducing turnaround time from over six months to less than two.

Appellate Government Counsel, Navy and Marine Corps Appellate Review Activity

Washington Navy Yard, District of Columbia - July 2009 to June 2010 Represented the United States on more than 30 cases before the Navy-Marine

Corps Court of Criminal Appeals and the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, authoring briefs and petitions and presenting oral argument.

JONATHAN N. NELSON Instructor and Section Head, Naval Justice School

Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island - June 2006 to June 2009 Provided over 600 hours of instruction to more than 400 new attorneys and

paralegals in the sea services, as well as over 100 hours of classes at legal courses for non-lawyers held throughout the United States and in Okinawa, while leading the Trial Advocacy, Criminal Procedure, and Administrative Law Sections.

Trial Counsel/Prosecutor, Legal Services Support Section, First Marine Logistics Group

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California - January 2005 to June 2006 Investigated and prosecuted 110 courts-martial, including 5 contested trials

involving hazing, drug distribution, and sexual assault. Defense Counsel, Legal Services Support Section, First Marine Logistics Group

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Kuwait, and Iraq - January 2003 to January 2005 Zealously defended more than 150 accused Marines and Sailors at courts-martial

and administrative proceedings at Camp Pendleton and while deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, including 12 contested courts-martial for larceny and assault, burglary and sexual assault, drug distribution, and child molestation.

English Teacher and Assistant Missionary, Mission to the World

Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan - August 1997 to July 1998 Taught English and led Bible-focused discussions for Japanese students from all

walks of life, including housewives, schoolchildren, college students, and scientists. American History and Latin Teacher, The Covenant School

Charlottesville, Virginia - August 1996 to June 1997 Taught Latin to seventh graders and American History to eighth graders. Coached

the varsity (high school) golf team and the seventh-grade boys’ basketball team.

EDUCATION Wake Forest University School of Law, Juris Doctor

Winston-Salem, North Carolina - August 1998 to May 2001 Law Review Moot Court (Best Brief, 1998)

Jessup International Law Moot Court Team (Best Brief, 1999)

University of Virginia, Bachelor of Arts

Charlottesville, Virginia - August 1992 to May 1996 Double Major in English and

History with a Concentration in American Studies

Echols Scholar Honors Program Deans List