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Nelson C. Bellido is a partner and trial attorney at Concepción, Martinez & Bellido. Mr. Bellido’s main areas of practice are in business and complex commercial litigation, products liability and creation of commercial contracts. He also has substantial experience in lender liability, construction litigation, real estate litigation, warranty claims, complex asset recovery and employment law matters. Mr. Bellido has successfully achieved multi-million dollar settlements for Fortune 100 Companies as well as judgments and settlements in favor of many small businesses and individuals from the U.S., Latin America, Europe and the Caribbean Islands. He has defended financial institutions, property owners, technology companies, construction contractors, suppliers and individuals in litigation and trial matters.
Mr. Bellido is admitted to practice in Florida state courts, in the Federal Southern and Middle Judicial District of Florida and the United States Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. He holds the highest rating assigned by Martindale Hubbell. His honors also include being appointed to serve as Commissioner on the Miami-Dade County Commission on Ethics & Public Trust by Chief Judge Joel Brown of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, 2011 Florida Super Lawyers, Florida Trend Magazine’s 2006-2011 Legal Elite in Complex Commercial Litigation; South Florida Business Journal 2006 and 2005 Best of the Bar in Complex Business Litigation; Put Something Back 2004 Pro Bono Service Award; Dade County Bar Association Outstanding Service Award 2003-04; Legal Services of Greater Miami Volunteer Service Award 2006; Business Networking International, Most Valuable Member 2007 & Outstanding Service Award 2008.
In 2007, Mr. Bellido was published in the American Bar Association Committee on Corporate Counsel’s The In-House Counsel’s Essential Toolkit. Mr. Bellido contributed an extensive annotated Commercial Lease as part of a useful collection of form documents related to corporate governance, compliance, general business contracts, employment, IP and litigation. The complete series is intended to provide guideposts and is filled with general advice, practical tips and ideas for “training outside counsel,” in addition to many annotated forms.
Mr. Bellido’s memberships include the American Bar Association - Business Litigation Committee and Business Law Section; Florida Bar Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee (2006-Present); Florida Bar Business Litigation Committee; Florida Bar Diversity Symposium Committee Member (2008); Florida Bar Equal Opportunities Committee (2000-2005); Cuban American Bar Association, Director (2006-Present); Dade County Bar Association, Executive Director and Chair of the Civil Litigation Committee (2004-2006); Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc., Director (2004-2006); League of Prosecutors, President (2007-2008) & Director (2002-Present); Dade County Youth Fair, Board of Directors (2006-Present); Duke University, Board of Directors of Alumni Association (2007-2011); Duke University Alumni Association, President (1999-2011); Chair-Elect/Founder of the Duke University Hispanic/Latino Alumni Association (2010-Present); Business Network International, Pinecrest/South Miami Chapter, President (2007-2008).
Mr. Bellido is a former Assistant State Attorney with the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office where he served our community from 1993 to 1997. He also served as an adjunct Business Law Professor at Florida Memorial College in Miami, Florida from 1997 to 1999.
He received his Juris Doctor in 1992 from the University of Florida College of Law. Mr. Bellido’s undergraduate degree of Political Science and History with emphasis on Latin American History was obtained in 1989 from Duke University. Mr. Bellido received the Outstanding Graduate Senior Award from the University of Florida Trial Team for his outstanding trial advocacy skills. He also received the Duke University Senior Leadership Award recognizing his outstanding leadership skills during his undergraduate years at Duke.
Nelson was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in South Florida. He is fluent in Spanish.
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