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 Meet: Virginia C. Nelson | Noel A. Fischer
 Virginia C. Nelson is an exceptional trial lawyer. She understands handling catastrophic damage claims demands an enormous amount of hard work, energy and focus. Use of key technological advances gives her firm the edge in researching, communicating and persuading the decisionmakers.
Virginia C. Nelson has often been the youngest, the first female or both as a San Diego inductee into the most prestigious trial lawyer organizations in the country and as the chosen leader for several organizations in the legal community. She has served as President of the County Bar, the San Diego Inn of Court, and the Enright American Inn of Court, as well as a member of the Board of the Bar Foundation, the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, the Volunteer Lawyers Program, the Alumni Board and the Board of Visitors for University of San Diego School of Law, and the San Diego Law Library Board of Trustees. Nationally she has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Board of Trial Advocates and was Vice-Chair of the Southern California Committee for the American College of Trial Lawyers.
She has given multiple trial practice lectures for courses at the University of San Diego School of Law and Cal Western School of Law. Additionally, she lectures to the State Bar, the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, ABOTA, the Inns of Court, CASD, CAOC, San Diego Defense Lawyers, Lawyers Club, UCSD Medical Center, UCSD School of Medicine and Scripps Clinic. She has appeared in numerous television segments on Channel 10 related to her fields of expertise and provided written commentary to US News and World Report, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Daily Journal and the San Diego Union Tribune.
Her skill and dedication have earned Nelson numerous honors. She was chosen Distinguished Alumni of the University of San Diego School of Law and America's Finest City Legal Professional of the Year in 1991. In 1997 she was presented with the Bernard E. Witkin Award for excellence in the teaching, enactment, adjudication and practice of law. In 1998, she received the Daniel T. Broderick, III Award for exemplifying the highest standards of civility, integrity and professionalism. She has been identified as one of the Best Lawyers in America for the last 13 years and the Los Angeles Daily Journal has repeatedly named her one of the top 50 Women Litigators in California. In 2007, she was chosen by her peers as one of the Top 10 Southern California Super Lawyers-San Diego.
To demonstrate her commitment to the community, she has donated time to KPBS as a Community Producer, served as a member of the Board of the San Diego Chapter of the American Lung Association, counseled for the Domestic Violence Prevention Program and serves on the Advisory Board for the SAFE Coalition.
 Noel A. Fischer has been a member of the Law Offices of Virginia C. Nelson since May of 2003. Mr. Fischer is licensed to practice in all the courts of both California and Nevada.
Before attending law school, Mr. Fischer attended the University of Nevada at Reno on a full scholarship and graduated magna cum laude with Honors while obtaining a dual-degree Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Political Science. During his undergraduate education, Mr. Fischer worked at the Nevada Legislature. He drafted and organized support for Assembly Bill 500 which was signed into law in June 2001. This bill created a statewide study of racial profiling by Nevada peace officers in 2002. In addition to his work in the Nevada Legislature, he has also clerked for the Nevada Office of the Attorney General's Civil Litigation Division.
Mr. Fischer graduated from the University of San Diego School of Law. While in law school, he led the school's National Mock Trial team to victory in national competitions as well as receiving the school's highest grade in Advanced Trial Advocacy.
He is a member of Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, Consumer Attorneys of California, Lawyers Club of San Diego, the Young and New Lawyers Division of the San Diego County Bar, and is an active Associate in The Louis M. Welsh American Inn of Court. He has been selected as a National Member of The Order of Barristers for his achievements in the art of courtroom advocacy.
Mr. Fischer volunteers his time both to the Civil Practicum program at USD Law School, which gives law students practical experience, and as a judge for local mock trial and moot court competitions.
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