Attorney Michael Nelson of Mt. Pleasant, SC; ethical misfit

The State of South Carolina presented Michael O’Brien Nelson with a law license in 2004 after he graduated from Mercer University Law School.

Disciplinary Counsel of the South Carolina Supreme Court found Mike guilty of the following misconduct.

• Knowingly disobeyed a court rule
• Engaged in a ex parte communication with a juror during a court proceeding
• Engaged in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice

As a consequence of his misconduct, the Patron Saints for Attorney Misfits sitting on the South Carolina Supreme Court punished Mike by gifting him with a complimentary 6-month suspension of his law license.

As we speak (ca. February 2014), Mike practices with the Law Office of Michael Nelson in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina.