Mark S. Nelson, J.D., is a Senior Legal Analyst with more than 20 years of experience analyzing and explaining securities regulations and the laws in several adjacent practice areas, including blockchain law, ESG disclosure, and banking law. Mark has been a featured speaker on securities law topics in numerous webinars and has published over 50 white papers and other strategic briefings on a multitude of securities law and adjacent topics. Mark also is a co-coordinator of Securities Regulation Daily, a contributor to the flagship Federal Securities Law Reporter, co-author of a treatise analyzing the Dodd-Frank Act, and co-creator and co-author of a book on blockchain law. Mark received a B.A. in political science from Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, Illinois and a J.D. from University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (formerly The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois). Mark is admitted to practice in Illinois.