Tom has been frequently published – nationally through the WealthCounsel Quarterly, Dakota County Tribune, Star Tribune and various newsletters. Tom has also been featured on Todd Rooker’s radio show “Cover your Assets”, as well as a guest speaker on multiple episodes of MSP Radio. He is a contributor and member of the national asset protection, tax and estate planning organization, Wealth Counsel. He is admitted in State and Federal Court for Minnesota. Tom is an active real estate investor with commercial holdings with nearly $10M in holdings.

Tom is:

• a facilitator for 2 Allied Executive CEO/business leader peer groups and has been for nearly 9 years
• a facilitator for 2 estate and business law firm peer groups from across the country through a joint project with Virtus Law and WealthCounsel
• serves as Chairperson of Community Involvement Program, a $40M non-profit organization helping those with disabilities achieve their greatest life
• serves as Chairperson of the Parish Pastoral Council and Parish Administrative Committee for St. Thomas Becket Catholic Church in Eagan
• a continuing education instructor relating to advanced estate planning concepts, especially for real estate investors, through Kaplan Education
• a past continuing education instructor for WealthCounsel (has taught nearly 50 program hours), member of the Board of Directors of Junior Achievement Upper Midwest, Roundbank Advisory Council, member of Dakota County Technical College Entrepreneurship Program Advisory Council
• a member of the MNSCU faculty
• a member of Minnesota Real Estate Investor’s Association
• a proud father of 3 exceptional children and 3 average dogs
• the lucky guy who got to be husband of Amy Kadow Fafinski

Nathan W. Nelson is Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Virtus Law, PLLC. Nathan graduated from Hamline University and the Hamline School of Law, and graduated summa cum laude with a Masters of Law in Taxation from Thomas Jefferson School of Law. Nathan is licensed to practice law in both Minnesota and North Dakota.

Nathan represents businesses and high net worth individuals in the areas of estate planning, business and corporate law, litigation and banking. Nathan successfully argued the Supreme Court case Zweber v. Credit River Township. Read the Supreme Court decision here… He oversees the Estate Planning and Taxation departments in the firm.

Nathan is involved in MnREIA, and frequently speaks on issues relating to litigation for real estate investors and privately held businesses. He has been a guest speaker for real estate associations, multiple colleges and universities, on Todd Rooker’s radio show “Cover Your Assets”, and Jason Walgrave’s “Home Talk” on ESPN1500. Nathan is a peer group facilitator for Wealth Counsel; a national group of estate planning and asset protection attorneys. Nathan serves on the paralegal advisory board for Inver Hills Community College, and he is a Board Member and Housing Boards Committee Chair for the non-profit organization Community Involvement Programs (CIP). His articles have been published by Minnesota Real Estate Investors and in Minnesota Business Magazine and he was awarded the Rising Star designation from SuperLawyers in 2015 and 2016.

Nate balances his time at work with music, running and his three dogs. He is also a very big Marvel Comics fan!