Doug Nelson was born and raised in Mesa, Arizona.  He graduated from Mountain View High School in 1986.  Thereafter he served a mission for his Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  He graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Arts Magna Cum Laude in 1992.  He graduated from Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School with a Juris Doctor Cum Laude in 1995.  He was admitted to practice law in the State of Arizona in October, 2995 and has practiced continuously in the State of Arizona since then.  His legal areas of focus are plaintiff’s personal injury, landlord law and commercial and real estate litigation.  He has been marred to his wife for over 25 years and together, they have four children.