Bruce Douglas Nestor

Bruce Douglas Nestor

5.0
Rating: 8.4

Licensed for 34 years

Criminal defense Lawyer at Minneapolis, MN
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Immigration, Civil Rights

3547 Cedar Ave South, Minneapolis, MN

About Bruce

Practice Areas

3

Practice Areas

Criminal Defense 50%

All state and federal courts; extensive jury trial experience in state and federal court; all felonies and misdemeanors; emphasis on representation of non-citizens facing criminal charges and immigration consequences

34 years | 1,500 cases

50%
Immigration 40%

Removal defense and federal litigation

29 years | 1,000 cases

40%
Civil Rights 10%

34 years | 25 cases

10%

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Licenses

Licensed in Minnesota for 23 years

State: Minnesota

Acquired: 2002

Authorized to Practice

No misconduct found

Licensed in North Dakota for 9 years

State: North Dakota

Acquired: 2017

License Expired

No misconduct found

Licensed in Iowa for 34 years

State: Iowa

Acquired: 1992

Inactive

No misconduct found

Location

Law Offices of Bruce Douglas Nestor

3547 Cedar Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, 55407

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Bruce Douglas Nestor's Reviews

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Posted by Julio | February 25, 2014 | Immigration

My Brother Rob

He represented my brother on an immigration issue, where my brother was picked up, by immigration officers, and my brother was fighting deportation. When other attorneys said there was nothing they could do for my brother, Nestor helped us. He said it was going to take sometime, but he said he co...uld get my brother out, and he did.

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Jennifer Macaulay

Appeals lawyer | Jan 23

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Angela Bortel

Immigration lawyer | Oct 06

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"Bruce is a top notch lawyer who not only works hard for individual clients, but also to make bigger changes in the immigration and criminal systems. He is sharp and tenacious."

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Experience

Rating:  8.4 (Excellent)

Honors

2017

Ernie Goodman Award - Public Service/Social Justice, National Lawyers Guild

Work Experience

2002 - Present

Attorney, De Leon & Nestor, LLC

2017 - 2017

Adjunct Professor - Clinical Law, University of Minnesota Law School

1996 - 2002

Attorney, Tindahl, Erdahl, Goddard & Nestor

1994 - 1996

Attorney, Nestor Law Office

1992 - 1994

Attorney, Legal Services Corporation Of Iowa

Associations

2007 - 2017

Minnesota Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Member

2000 - 2003

National Lawyers Guild

President

1997 - 2017

National Immigration Project of NLG

Member

Sample of Legal Cases

State v. Enriquez

Plea Withdrawn

Campos v. State

State v. Reynua

Acquittal

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Education

1992

University of Iowa College of Law

J.D.

1988

University of Iowa

BA

1985

Deep Springs College

AA

Speaking Engagements

2013

Minnesota Bar Association

Impact Litigation: How to Successfully Prepare Immigration Impact Litigation

2011

Criminal Justice Institute

Litigating Post Conviction Relief

2011

Annual Convention

Civil Liberties in Time of War

2010

National Hispanic Bar Association CLE

Padilla Immigration Consequences

2008

Federal Defender - Iowa

Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions

2007

Minnesota State Bar Association CLE

Suppression Issues in Immigration Court

Languages

Spanish

English

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