Solano County (Fairfield) Superior Court
Career Highlights: Retired June 28, 2023, Supervising judge, Solano County Superior Court Criminal Division, 2017; presiding judge, Solano County Superior Court, 2014-2015; appointed to Solano County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2008; court commissioner, Solano County Superior Court, 2007-2008; sole practitioner, 1999-2007; attorney, Hagler & Nelson, 1990-1999; attorney, Power, Hagler and Nelson, 1982-1990; deputy public defender, Solano County Public Defender's Office, 1980-1982; associate, Law Offices of Honeychurch, Finkas, & Villarreal, 1980.
Law School: UC Davis School of Law, 1979
Career Highlights: Retired June 28, 2023, Supervising judge, Solano County Superior Court Criminal Division, 2017; presiding judge, Solano County Superior Court, 2014-2015; appointed to Solano County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2008; court commissioner, Solano County Superior Court, 2007-2008; sole practitioner, 1999-2007; attorney, Hagler & Nelson, 1990-1999; attorney, Power, Hagler and Nelson, 1982-1990; deputy public defender, Solano County Public Defender's Office, 1980-1982; associate, Law Offices of Honeychurch, Finkas, & Villarreal, 1980.
Law School: UC Davis School of Law, 1979
By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
FAIRFIELD - A man Judge Bradley Nelson had sentenced to jail for leading police officers on a high-speed car chase was back in court recently, seeking a break. He wanted to change the accounting of his jail time already served, but his attorney also slipped in a request to terminate his sentence early so he could spend time with his dying mother.
The man's mother had just had open-heart surgery a few mont... (continued)
