Sierra Nelson, Attorney

• Code Enforcement
• Municipal Litigation
• Nuisance Abatement
• Substandard Housing
• Multi-family housing
• Receiverships
• Land use, Planning & Zoning
• Permits & Entitlements
• Drone Law
• Public Agency Defense Litigation

• Bachelor of Science, Sociology – Appalachian State University, North Carolina
• Juris Doctorate - University of Irvine, California

Awards

• 2023-2024 Superlawyers Southern California Rising Star

Sierra Nelson is an Attorney at Civica Law Group, APC. Ms. Nelson earned her Bachelor of Science in Sociology from Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. Ms. Nelson then earned her Juris Doctorate from the University of California, Irvine School of Law. Ms. Nelson has been named a Superlawyers Southern California Rising Star for both 2023 and 2024 and has almost exclusively practiced criminal litigation in courts throughout Southern California. Ms. Nelson is excited to bring her skills and experience to Civica Law as a City Prosecutor to help our clients protect their neighborhoods, uphold the law, and to help accused violators to utilize available programs to break the vicious cycle of recidivism.

While in law school, Ms. Nelson served as a research assistant to former UCI Law Dean L. Song Richardson and spent three semesters working in the Immigrant Rights Clinic as both a clinical law student and an advanced clinic law student.

In her free time, Ms. Nelson enjoys spending time with her husband and their Australian Labradoodle dog, JoJo, as well as rooting for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Baltimore Ravens, and trying out new restaurants in Orange County.