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Douglas T. Nelson
Douglas T. Nelson is executive vice president, general counsel and secretary of CropLife America, the largest national trade organization representing developers, manufacturers, formulators and distributors of agricultural pesticides across the United States. He is also president of CropLife America’s educational and research arm, CropLife Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization designed to promote and advance sustainable agriculture, and the environmental-safe use of crop protection products and bio engineered agriculture.Prior to CropLife America, Nelson served as assistant general counsel and assistant secretary of Unilever United States, Inc. in New York, N.Y.
Other previous positions included acquisitions and divestitures counsel at Union Carbide Corporation in Danbury, Conn., and associate positions at the New York law firms of Paul, Weiss Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, and Coudert Brothers.
Nelson is an appointed member of the United States Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Intellectual Property Rights, which advises the U.S. trade representative and the Secretary of Commerce on intellectual property rights aspects of U.S. trade policy.
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