Evan Craig Nelson
Evan
Nelson is a civil litigator in Walnut Creek, California. He is
of counsel to the Law Office of Jonathan McDougall. He is also
a senior litigation associate at De La Houyase & Associates, a law
corportion. Even represented family members as objectors in a
conservatorship case the Alameda County Superior Court and as
appellants in the California Court of Appeal. Evan
recently filed a major civil lawsuit against the Alameda County
Superior Court and 22 other defenants for violating the civil rights
of an elderly woman during the course of a conservatorship
proceeding. The lawsuit seeks damages for the woman and
changes in policie and practices of the court so that such
injustices do not happen to other seniors and people with
disabilities in the future.
Anthony
Chicotel
Anthony
Chicotel is a staff attorney for California Advocates for Nursing
Home Reform (CANHR). His expertise is in the rights of long-term
care consumers, conservatorships, and health care decision-making.
Prior to working at CANHR, Tony was a senior staff attorney for
Elder Law & Advocacy’s Nursing Home Rights Enforcement Project in
San Diego. He received his J.D. from Ohio State University's College
of Law and a Masters in Public Policy from U.C. Berkeley. He is an
adjunct professor at U.C. Berkeley’s School of Law and has written
and lectured extensively about the rights of elderly Californians.
Tony is the author of a legal guidebook titled "California
Conservatorship Defense: A Guide for Attorneys." He often is
called to testify as an expert in elder law issues before various
committees of the California Legislature.