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Nels Ackerson is the founding partner of the law firm of Ackerson Kauffman Fex and is a 2008 candidate for the U.S. Congress in Indiana’s 4th Congressional District.

Indiana's 4th congressional district

Indiana's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. Based primary in the central part of the state, the district consists of all of Boone, Clinton, Hendricks, Morgan, Lawrence, Montgomery, and Tippecanoe counties and parts of Fountain, Johnson, Marion,...

He lives in Maryland and practices law in Washington DC.

Background

Ackerson was raised on his family’s farm in Westfield, Indiana

Westfield, Indiana

Westfield is a city in Hamilton County, Indiana, United States. In the year 2010 United States Census, the population was 30,068. Westfield is in the Indianapolis Metropolitan Area.- History :...

and attended Westfield public schools from elementary through high school. He attended Purdue University

Purdue University

Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...

where he earned a B.S.

Bachelor of Science

A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...

degree in Agricultural Economics

Agricultural economics

Agricultural economics originally applied the principles of economics to the production of crops and livestock — a discipline known as agronomics. Agronomics was a branch of economics that specifically dealt with land usage. It focused on maximizing the crop yield while maintaining a good soil...

. During his freshman year at Purdue, Ackerson served as Indiana State President of the Future Farmers of America (FFA). Prior to his sophomore year at Purdue, he took a leave of absence to serve as the National President of the Future Farmers of America, helping to lead the FFA into racial integration through a merger with the New Farmers of America, which had been a parallel organization for African-American students in the South.

While at Purdue, Ackerson was also a member of the Farm House Fraternity and was elected Student Body President. At graduation he received the G.A. Ross award given to Purdue’s most outstanding male graduate. http://www.nels4congress.com/about

Ackerson attended Harvard University

Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

’s Kennedy School of Government, receiving a Master in Public Policy degree, and the Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...

, where he received a J.D.

Juris Doctor

Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...

degree and was an editor of the Harvard Law Review

Harvard Law Review

The Harvard Law Review is a journal of legal scholarship published by an independent student group at Harvard Law School.-Overview:According to the 2008 Journal Citation Reports, the Review is the most cited law review and has the second-highest impact factor in the category "law" after the...

.

Ackerson lives in Potomac, Maryland. He is a practicing Presbyterian and has been married to his wife, Sharon, for 24 years.

Career

After graduating from Harvard Law School, Ackerson joined the Indianapolis law firm Barnes, Hickam, Pantzer & Boyd (now Barnes & Thornburg

Barnes & Thornburg

Barnes & Thornburg LLP is a large U.S. law firm and lobbying group. It is currently the largest law firm in the state of Indiana, and 97th largest in the United States...

). He moved to Washington DC in 1976 to work under Indiana Senator Birch Bayh

Birch Bayh

Birch Evans Bayh II is a former United States Senator from Indiana, having served from 1963 to 1981. He was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in the 1976 election, but lost to Jimmy Carter. He is the father of former Indiana Governor and former U.S. Senator Evan Bayh.-Life...

serving on the staff of U.S. Senate as Chief Counsel to the Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution.

In 1979 Ackerson returned to Indiana and became a partner in the Noblesville law firm of Campbell Kyle Proffitt. In 1982 Ackerson became a partner at the Chicago based law firm of Sidley & Austin. He opened the firm’s office in Cairo, Egypt, the first American law firm in that country. Ackerson was managing partner of the firm’s office in Egypt before returning to the United States.

In 1991 Ackerson left Sidley Austin and founded The Ackerson Group (Now Ackerson Kauffmen Fex). The law firm specializes in the areas of complex trial and appellate litigation, government relations, international law, constitutional law, property rights, and eminent domain. The firm has been widely recognized for its advocacy of farmer and landowner rights in a nationwide series of lawsuits protesting the illegal seizure of railway corridors. http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1022862310259

Ackerson is a member of the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court and of several federal district courts and federal courts of appeal

United States courts of appeals

The United States courts of appeals are the intermediate appellate courts of the United States federal court system...

. He has represented clients in courts in more than 20 states, and has tried cases throughout the United States.

Ackerson has participated in international trade

International trade

International trade is the exchange of capital, goods, and services across international borders or territories. In most countries, such trade represents a significant share of gross domestic product...

and development missions on behalf of the United States on several occasions, including serving as a member of the USDA Trade and Development Mission to Egypt

Egypt

Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

and Yemen

Yemen

The Republic of Yemen , commonly known as Yemen , is a country located in the Middle East, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, and Oman to the east....

, and a member of the U.S. Advisory Delegation to the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

on the Transition to a Market Economy.

Ackerson filed to run for the U.S. Congressional seat in Indiana’s 4th Congressional District, losing to incumbent Steve Buyer. His campaign website is www.nels4congress.com.

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