Swedish-Speaking Attorneys

Deborah Nelson is a founding partner at Nelson Boyd Attorneys, with a legal career spanning since 1993. She is a recognized leader locally and nationally, having served as President of the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association (now Washington Association for Justice) and the Council of Presidents of the American Association for Justice. She is known for her compassion, attention to detail, and deep commitment to clients, focusing on serious personal injury, complex insurance coverage, insurance bad faith, long term disability, and legal malpractice. She has been named a Super Lawyer every year since 2003 and a 'Best Lawyer' since 2017. She is also an avid athlete, participating in triathlons, cycling, and running, and is a founding Board member of Ian’s Ride.

Scott Marshall is the founding attorney of Scott Marshall Personal Injury Attorneys, with 30 years of experience in personal injury law. He holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and is fluent in English and Swedish, and conversant in French and Spanish.

Marissa A. Olsson

Seattle, WA

Attorney Marissa A. Olsson practices exclusively personal injury, representing individuals who have been injured due to someone else’s negligence. She is an active litigator licensed to practice in all Washington State Courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Marissa’s practice focuses primarily on maritime injury claims, catastrophic injury claims, and wrongful death. She has been selected by SuperLawyers.com as a “Rising Star” in 2017.

Steven L. Brown was raised in the Bay Area and has lived in the San Joaquin Valley for 23 years. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from Brigham Young University in 1989, graduating Magna Cum Laude and Phi Kappa Phi. He then obtained his Juris Doctor degree from J. Rueben Clark School of Law, at Brigham Young University, in 1993. Upon graduating, he promptly passed the California Bar exam and was hired by the medical malpractice defense firm of Craddick, Candland and Conti, where he subsequently became a partner. In 2005, he and Douglas A. Gessell formed their current firm. He served as the President of the San Joaquin County Bar Association in 2011 and is an active member of the American Inn of Courts and the Consumer Attorneys of California. He speaks fluent Swedish.

Marissa A. Olsson

Seattle, WA

Marissa A. Olsson practices exclusively personal injury law, focusing on maritime injury, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death claims. She is licensed in all Washington State Courts, the Ninth Circuit, and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. She is active in the Washington State Association for Justice and was selected as a 'Rising Star' by SuperLawyers.com in 2017. She is proficient in Swedish and Spanish.

Thomas “Tom” Ericsson is a founder and managing shareholder of Oronoz & Ericsson, LLC, and is widely regarded as one of Las Vegas's most talented trial attorneys. He is known for his pursuit of justice and defense of Constitutional rights, with a strong background in complex civil litigation and criminal defense as a former Clark County Public Defender. He is fluent in Swedish.

Anders G. O. Nervell

Honolulu, HI

Anders G.O. Nervell specializes in real estate development, transactions, financing, and general business matters. He represents clients in condominium projects, subdivisions, property acquisitions, dispositions, and commercial leases. He also advises condominium associations and serves as a consultant to the Hawaii State Real Estate Commission and the Honorary Consul of Sweden for the State of Hawaii.

Therese Felth McKenzie

Pensacola, FL

Therese Felth McKenzie is a co-owner and managing partner of McKenzie Law Firm, focusing exclusively on divorce and family law. She handles cases at the trial court level and appeals in Florida state courts and the Northern District of Florida’s federal district court. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Florida Atlantic University in 2005 and Cum Laude from Florida International University College of Law in 2011. She is recognized as a rising star by InWeekly and Florida Super Lawyers.

Lars Bergstrom

Greenwood Village, CO

Lars Bergstrom is an accomplished trial attorney who has represented many clients as lead counsel in civil and criminal trials in state and federal courts in Colorado and Nebraska. He worked for many years and was a partner at one of Colorado's top insurance defense firms. He now uses his knowledge and experience working with insurance companies to help injury victims. Military service members and veterans occupy a special place in Mr. Bergstrom's heart. He spent 20 years on both active duty and in the reserves with the Army JAG Corps. He has represented hundreds of Service Members facing courts-martials and adverse administrative actions and has litigated military justice cases throughout the United States. He has lectured on many issues related to military justice. Lars enjoys hiking and skiing and spending time with his wife, two teenage boys, and his dog.

Steven R. Hickman

Tulsa, OK

Steven R. Hickman is a Senior Partner at the firm. He earned his J.D. cum laude from Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School in 1981 and a B.S. magna cum laude from Brigham Young University in 1976. He is admitted to practice in Oklahoma and various U.S. Federal Courts, and is a member of the American Association of Justice and Oklahoma Association of Justice. He also speaks Swedish.

Camilla Hedberg

Auburn, WA

Camilla Hedberg joined Ayan Law Office as a partner in 1999. She has experience as a former insurance defense attorney and graduated from Seattle University School of Law in 1993. Camilla is fluent in Swedish and conversant in Spanish.

Josh began practicing law at the international law firm of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Chicago in 2002. There he focused his practice on preparation and trial before federal and state courts of cases involving a broad range of business-oriented substantive law issues. Those issues included breach of contract, torts, products liability, employment matters, construction litigation, real estate and insurance overage. From 2006 to 2012, Josh continued his litigation practice in Atlanta, most recently at Rogers & Hardin, LLP. He has experience defending financial institutions, manufacturers and sellers of consumer products and services, and other large corporate clients. He has represented them in individual suits, class actions, qui tam claims and other complex cases in venues across the nation, including courts located in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, New York, Texas, Delaware, New Mexico, Louisiana and Utah. Josh has also cost-effectively resolved numerous commercial disputes for clients by pursuing creative litigation strategies, and by obtaining favorable results short of trial through arbitration, mediation and negotiation. Since moving to Heber Valley in 2012, Joshua has expanded his practice to include criminal defense, estate planning and business transactions. Josh is fluent in Swedish and speaks Dutch as well. He is admitted to practice in Illinois, Georgia and Utah as well as several federal district and appellate courts across the country. Josh and his wife, Dagmar, who has a Ph.D in biomechanical engineering, are the proud parents of four children and love living in beautiful Heber Valley.

Raymond K. Berg

Chicago, IL

Raymond Berg was born in 1931 in Duluth, Minnesota. He graduated first in his class from DePaul University law school and pursued post-doctorate studies in International Law at Cambridge University. He served as an Assistant United States District Attorney, prosecuting organized crime and doing anti-trust work, achieving 35 consecutive criminal convictions. He was the first director of the Federal Defender Program in Chicago, a program initiated at the request of President John F. Kennedy and U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy. Later, as Chief Judge of the Traffic Court, he instituted tough DUI laws and new practices to combat corruption, earning the Chicago Traffic Court the title of “Best Traffic Court in the Nation” and receiving the American Bar Association’s “Judges Award”. He then presided over major class action lawsuits in the Chancery Division. Raymond was tragically killed on July 4, 1979, leaving behind his wife and six children, including Peter and John Berg, who continue his legacy.

Chris is a New Client Liaison/Admin Assistant for Crowson Law Group. He was born in Jersey City, New Jersey and moved to Alaska at a young age. He is bilingual in Spanish and English and is learning Swedish. Chris enjoys traveling and seeing the world whenever he can. In his free time, Chris enjoys nature walks, family, friends, and online gaming.