Shawn Nelson has gone to great lengths to try to hide that history. I reported a while ago about Nelson’s specialties as once advertised on his law practice website. After that story ran, Nelson pulled out all the stops and had the record scrubbed from readily available Internet history.
Tag Archive for Fourth District Supervisor
Sidhu Hit Piece on Nelson Coming?
by Dan Chmielewski • • 2 Comments
Sources tell the LiberalOC a new mailer that smacks Shawn Nelson for his day job of being a criminal defense lawyer who represents people accused of various sex crimes is about to hit the mailboxes in the 4th district. And…
Liberal Activist: This endorsement is a little but rough on my conscience.
by Chris Prevatt • • 1 Comment
The Fourth District Supervisor’s race has given me a bit of heart burn the past few weeks. As most people have guessed, I was leaning heavily in support of Clerk-Recorder Tom Daly for the Supervisor’s seat vacated by “Cuckoo for…
Who ya gonna call? Shawn Nelson!
by Chris Prevatt • • 6 Comments
A 46-year-old registered sex offender who allegedly kept a “huge stash†of child pornography in his Fullerton home was charged today with possessing child porn and sexual exploitation of a child, court records show. I know of a great criminal defense attorney named R. (Bob) Shawn Nelson
Primary Challenges for Orange County Democrats
by Chris Prevatt • • 3 Comments
In the Fourth District Supervisor contest to fill the unexpired term of recently elected Assemblyman Chris Norby, we have a full field of six candidates, three Republicans, and three Democrats in this technically non-partisan contest. On the Democratic side we have Anaheim City Councilwoman Lorri Galloway, La Habra City Councilwoman Rose Espinoza, and Buena Park Mayor Art Brown. On the Republican side there is Fullerton City Councilman Shawn Nelson, Anaheim City Councilman Harry Sidhu, and Businessman Richard Faher.
Nelson Goes A.W.O.L. from Council Budget Meeting for his own Campaign Fundraiser
by Chris Prevatt • • 5 Comments
“The more we get off our plate now, the less we have to deal with;†Nelson said. “I’m ready to make individual cuts as we go through the departments, or at least provide policy decisions because at some point I think there is going to be a will of the Council to – I can make something up but, the Park and Rec. department I know is one that I’ve seen the 10% cut, I don’t support, I know that I can find far more than that in other departments, but we have to go through it to get there.â€
Shawn Nelson – Freedom Fighter and Defender of the Accused
by Chris Prevatt • • 2 Comments
In his day job, Shawn Nelson is a criminal defense attorney. It is an admirable profession, defending those accused of crimes, regardless of their guilt or innocence. This is a core function of our American system of justice. Without criminal defense attorneys, our system simply does not work.

