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Oct. 31, 2017

Starting from Scratch

David Nelson is the first general counsel of Roland DGA, marketing arm of a graphic arts firm.

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Roland DGA Corp.

David A. Nelson, general counsel of Roland DGA Corp., is used to learning on the job. After a clerkship with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Nelson started doing one-off assignments for friends and associates. Eventually, there was enough work to justify hanging out his shingle.

“It was more happenstance than on purpose,” Nelson said. “I rented an office and learned on my own dime and lived on a shoestring for a l... (continued)

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