About Nelson Boyle
Nelson Boyle is a seasoned appellate attorney with over 15 years of high-level legal experience. He joined Ramos Law in
Nelson has represented clients before the United States Supreme Court, United States Courts of Appeals for the Eighth and Tenth Circuits, Colorado Supreme Court, Colorado Court of Appeals, the United States Court of Federal Claims, and in state and federal trial courts in Colorado. His practice includes supporting civil jury trials by drafting targeted trial briefs, consulting on jury instructions, and helping maintain a clean appellate record. Nelson has been lead counsel in dozens of published decisions from the Colorado Supreme Court, Colorado Court of Appeals, and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Throughout his career, Nelson has worked on appeals involving personal injury, bad faith insurance claims, insurance coverage disputes, premises liability, civil rights, child sexual abuse cases, governmental immunity under the CGIA, contract disputes, class actions, receiverships, and both medical and legal malpractice. His appellate practice spans administrative appeals, interlocutory appeals, oral arguments, amicus briefs, merits briefs, and petitions for certiorari.
Nelson earned his law degree from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in 2007. Prior to that, he studied American history, earning a Bachelor of Arts from Temple University and a Master of Arts from New Mexico State University.
Nelson volunteers as a Trustee for the Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado, as Chair Emeritus of the Amicus Curiae Committee of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association (CTLA), and as a member of the Amicus Curiae Committees of the Colorado Bar Association (CBA) and American Association for Justice (AAJ). He previously served on the AAJ Board of Governors and New Trial Lawyers Executive Committee, the CTLA Boards of Directors and Executive Committee, as a Commissioner and Chair of the Judicial Performance Commission for Colorado’s Second Judicial District, and as a chair or organizer of several continuing education (CLE) events. Nelson has presented at numerous CLE events and authored book chapters and articles on topics such as Colorado court rules governing class actions and jury instructions, legal professionalism, appeals, and insurance bad faith.
Outside of the courtroom, Nelson enjoys spending time outdoors with his family. In the past 5 years, he and his wife have backpacked in the Grand Canyon, completed single-day rim-to-rim and rim-to-river hikes in the Grand Canyon, and ascended Yosemite’s Half Dome.
