Phone: (818) 907-3274
Fax: (818) 981-4764
E-Mail: VNellis@lewitthackman.com

Education

University of Southern California Law School
Juris Doctor (May 2003)

  • Honors Grades: Contracts, Evidence, Family Violence, Family Violence Clinic, Family Law, Constitutional Law II, Law & Psychiatry, Real Estate Transactions and Gender Discrimination
  • Honors: Public Interest Law Foundation Grant, L.A. County Bar Association Pro Bono Award

University of California, Los Angeles
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology
Cum Laude (June 2000)

  • Honors: Golden Key National Honor Society, Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society, Dean's List

Memberships

  • State Bar of California
  • San Fernando Valley Bar Association
  • Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • Beverly Hills Bar Association
  • Mexican American Bar Association
        - Board Member, 2006-2007
  • Step Up Women's Network

Vanessa has been listed in Los Angeles Magazine as a "Rising Star" from 2007-2010 by her peers and through the magazine's independent research. Ms. Nellis' practice currently emphasizes the area of family law. Vanessa Soto Nellis received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2000, graduating Cum Laude. While at U.C.L.A., she was a member of several honor societies, including the Golden Key National Honor Society, Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, and the Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society. She joined the firm after receiving her law degree in 2003 from the University of Southern California Law School where her honors included the Public Interest Law Foundation Grant as well as a L.A. County Bar Association Pro Bono Award. She received honors grades in: Contracts, Evidence, Family Violence, Family Violence Clinic, Family Law, Constitutional Law II, Law & Psychiatry, Real Estate Transactions, and Gender Discrimination. While in law school, she interned at the Alliance for Children's Rights and the U.S.C. Family Violence Clinic.

Publications

Honors

  • Selected as a "Rising Star" in Los Angeles Magazine's Super Lawyers Edition
       - 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

Speaking Engagements

  • "Immigration: Generally and it's Impact on Employment and Family Law"
        - March 2008
  • "Woman to Woman: Everything You Wanted to Know About Prenuptual Agreements But Never Asked"
        - March 2008
  • "All You Want to Know About Prenuptual, Postnuptual, and Co-Habitation Agreements"
        - May 2007
  • "Family Law Fundamentals"
        - February 2006

 

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