Nelson Bellido Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America©

August 20, 2019

Nelson C. Bellido has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America for Insurance Litigation for the third year in a row!

Nelson is a partner in charge of the Miami law office of Roig Lawyers, a minority-owned statewide law firm with a primary focus on insurance defense, business litigation, and employment litigation matters. He focuses his trial practice on complex litigation cases, including those involving insurance law, fraud investigations, business litigation, employment law, and products liability. He has successfully defended companies in trial matters involving insurance coverage issues, fraud, premises liability, products liability, and business-related disputes in the areas of contracts, warranty claims, real estate law, business partnerships, and shareholder conflicts.

Nelson is a former Assistant State Attorney with the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, a former adjunct Business Law professor at Florida Memorial University, visiting lecturer at Duke University Law School and former certified Adult Education Teacher with the Miami-Dade Public Schools. He received his law degree from the University of Florida Levin College of Law and his bachelor’s degree from Duke University, where he majored in political science and history with an emphasis on Latin American history.

Nelson is also Chairman of the Board of Directors for Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition Inc. He is a past chairperson of the Miami-Dade County Commission on Ethics and Public Trust, where he presently serves as Vice-Chair having been re-appointed to another 4-year term by the Chief Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit. He was also recently elected Co-Chair of the national Duke University Hispanic/Latino Alumni Association (DUHLAA) and is also a former director of the Cuban American Bar Association.

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