Krysia Carmel Nelson
Email: kcarmel@aol.com

Practice Areas: Federal Criminal Law; Civil Litigation; Equine Law; Livestock Sales Disputes; "Hobby Loss"; IRS Audits; IRS Tax Litigation; Equine General Business Counseling; Horse Injury; Insurance Disputes.

Admitted: 1995, Virginia; U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia; U.S. Tax Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Virginia

Law School: Villanova University, J.D., 1995.

College: Dartmouth College, B.A., 1992.

Member: Charlottesville-Albemarle and American Bar Associations; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; Virginia College of Criminal Defense Attorneys; Dartmouth Alumni Council.

Biography: Hearing Officer, Supreme Court of Virginia. Editor/Publisher, "Equine Law & Business Letter", 1993-.   Editor, "The Gavel", Charlottesville-Albermarle Bar Association Newsletter, 1995-2002. Editor, "Champion", Virginia College of Criminal Defense Attorneys Newsletter, 1999-2002. Author: "Equine Activity Liability Acts: A Discussion of Those in Existence and Suggestions for a Model Act," Kentucky Law Journal, 157 (1994). Speaker: University of Kentucky Law National Conference, 2002; United States Department of Agriculture Horse Management & Environmental Stewardship Conference, Nov. 30, 2000; Virginia Continuing Legal Education Bridge the Gap Seminar, Nov. 1999; Virginia Intermont College Risk Reductions Workshop, Bristol, Virginia, Nov. 1998; University of Kentucky College of Law 12th Annual National Conference on Equine Law, Lexington, Kentucky, May, 1997. Hearing Officer, Supreme Court of Virginia. Dartmouth College District Enrollment Director for Virginia.

Languages: Polish, French and Italian.

Reported Cases: United States of America v. Brian Adair Fuller, 22 F.Supp. 2d 526 (W.D.Va. 1998); United States of America v. John Carrington, 57 F.Supp. 2d 345 (W.D.Va. 1999); John Carrington v. United States of America, 531 U.S. 1062; 121 S. Ct. 750; 148 L.Ed. 2d 653 (January 8, 2001); U.S. v. John Carrington 301 F3d 204 (4th Cir. 2002).

ISLN: 909856258