Nickelson, Rebecca A.	Partner
Office: St. Louis Phone: 314-480-4171 Email: ran@heplerbroom.com Licenses: IL/MO Practice Description: Ms. Nickelson focuses her practice on complex business litigation matters, including: Products Liability Premises Liability Asbestos Defense Silica Defense Manganese Defense Ms. Nickelson represents clients in Missouri and Illinois in multi-million dollar litigation. She is a partner at HeplerBroom, leading the St. Louis branch of the firm’s toxic tort department. Bar Admissions: Illinois, 1999 Missouri, 2000 Law School: Saint Louis University School of Law, Juris Doctorate, 1999 Law School Honors/Involvement: Senior Editor: Saint Louis – Warsaw Transatlantic Law Journal Undergraduate School: Saint Louis University, Honors Bachelor of Arts in Communication, cum laude, 1996 Bar/Professional Association Involvement: Defense Research Institute – DRI Young Lawyers Committee Liaison Chair to DRI’s Law Practice Management Committee 2009-10 Young Lawyers Committee Liaison Vice-Chair to DRI’s Law Practice Management Committee 2009 Member of Products Liability, Diversity, Toxic Torts & Environmental Law, Trial Tactics and Women in the Law Committees Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis – BAMSL Attorney-coach for High School Mock Trial Program 2000-present – coaching Missouri State Champion/national qualifying team in 2001, 2006 and 2008 Instructor for St. Louis Internship Program (SLIP) Mock Trial 2004-present Chair of Women in the Legal Profession – WILP section 2009-10 Member of Board of Governors 2009-10 Appointed to Election Committee 2009-present Appointed to Strategic Planning Committee 2009-present Lunch with Leaders Chair for WILP’s New Admittee Reception 2007-present The Missouri Bar Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers – MODL Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater St. Louis – WLA Awards, Honors, Distinctions: John C. Shepherd Professionalism Award from the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis and the Young Lawyers’ Division 2009 Community Involvement: Adjunct Professor at Washington University Law for nationally recognized Trial Team 2008-present United Way • Women’s Leadership Society • Young Leadership Society Board of Election Commissioners of St. Louis County election official 2008-present Printable Version Click here to return to the employee profiles front page.