Nelson C. Bellido, is a partner at the law firm.  Mr. Bellido’s main areas of practice are in business and complex commercial litigation, products liability, creation of commercial contracts and white collar criminal defense. He has substantial experience in lender liability, construction litigation, business transactional work, real estate litigation, landlord/tenant 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, technical companies, construction contractors, suppliers and individuals in litigation and trial matters.   Mr. Bellido is also exclusive counsel to the nation’s largest laundry equipment finance company.

Mr. Bellido is admitted to practice in Florida state courts and in the Federal Southern and Middle Judicial District of Florida.  He holds the highest rating assigned by Martindale Hubbell.  His honors also include being selected Florida Trend Magazine’s 2008, 2007, and 2006 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; Dade County State Attorney’s Office’s Service Award 1997.

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; Florida Bar Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee and Newsletter Subcommittee Member (2006-Present); Florida Bar Business Litigation Committee; Florida Bar Diversity Symposium Committee Member (2008); Florida Bar Equal Opportunities Committee (2000-2005); 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-Present) & Director (2002-Present); Dade County Youth Fair, Director (2006-Present); Duke University, Board of Directors of Alumni Association (2007-Present); Duke University Alumni Association, President (1999-2006, 2008); 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 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 in Durham, North Carolina.  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.