Jack
Nelson
Associate

Jack
Nelson
Associate
Jack’s practice focuses on environmental and land use litigation, regulatory compliance counseling, renewable energy development, and environmental due diligence of development projects.
Prior to joining SPR in 2022, Jack was an Attorney at the Center for Applied Environmental Law and Policy, where he engaged in federal regulatory advocacy under the Clean Air Act, with a focus on transportation. Previously, Jack spent five years as an associate in the New York office of Covington & Burling LLP, where his practice focused on government and internal investigations, as well as pro bono impact litigation on subjects including voting rights and redistricting, immigration, and criminal justice reform.
Jack graduated cum laude from the New York University School of Law, where he was a Root-Tilden-Kern scholar and an Articles Editor on the New York University Law Review. Before entering private practice, Jack clerked on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Jack graduated from Williams College with a B.A. in Russian Studies. Prior to law school, he worked on international sustainable development at the World Resources Institute, served as a legislative staffer in the U.S. Senate, and spent a year as a Fulbright scholar studying international climate negotiations in Oslo, Norway.
New York University School of Law, J.D., 2015, cum laude
Williams College, B.A., 2007
New York, 2019
California, 2016
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2021
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 2021
Hon. Nicholas G. Garaufis, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 2015-2016
Kings County Democratic Party, Elected County Committee Member 2020-2022
New York Democratic Lawyers Council, Member