What we know about Eric J. Nelson, the lawyer presenting opening arguments for Derek Chauvin. Mr. Nelson is one of a dozen defense lawyers in Minneapolis who represent police officers charged with ...

Eric Nelson, 46, is representing Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd. C-Span. MPPOA Executive Director Brian Peters told the Associated Press ...

Minnesota criminal defense attorney Eric Nelson is representing former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin in a murder trial over the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd.

Attorney Eric Nelson stands with Chauvin and Amy Voss – whom Nelson describes as his "assistant" but is a licensed attorney – on one side of the courtroom of Judge Peter Cahill.

Even other Minnesota attorneys named Eric Nelson were getting threats, he added. One, a Twin Cities divorce lawyer, added a disclaimer to his website explaining he was not Chauvin’s attorney.

Eric Nelson has gone hard and consistently at his chief message: that George Floyd's consumption of illegal drugs is to blame for his death, rather than something Derek Chauvin did.