The law firm of Nelson & Choate is a state-wide civil practice located in downtown Oklahoma City. Our areas of practice provide our clients a broad range of services. The firm's mission is to help our clients prevent, minimize and solve legal problems by providing high quality, cost effective legal representation. The two main areas of practice are prevention and problem solving. Often times, they overlap.

The purpose of our firm's transactional and estate planning practice is to prevent or significantly minimize future legal difficulties. The old sayings of "a stitch in time saves nine" and "an ounce of prevention equals a pound of cure" certainly apply in the legal field. Nelson & Choate represents clients with the skill to address current issues and the foresight to avoid, or substantially reduce possible future issues.

Our firm is here to help address and resolve legal difficulties you may face, from probate of a loved one's estate to complex litigation battles. To achieve its goal of high quality, effective representation, Nelson & Choate emphasizes careful, detailed consultation with clients, and tailoring of legal work to meet the needs the client identifies.

The firm was incorporated in 1986 by George Nelson. In July of 2001, Mr. Nelson and his family were tragically killed in a plane crash. James Choate has continued the firm he started. Nelson & Choate is a registered trade name of George Nelson, P.C.