User:Sclarkson
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Scott Clarkson is a lawyer and travel photographer based in Los Angeles. His recent Travel/Photography/Poetry book, co-authored with Veita Jo Hampton, is Windows to Vietnam and may be seen at http://www.windowstovietnam.com.
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| Born | September 6, 1954 Houston, Texas |
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| Education | Indiana University, Bloomington, BA, 1979, George Mason University School of Law, JD 1982 |
| Occupation | Attorney |
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[edit] Wikipedia efforts
Clarkson has contributed several Wikipedia articles, including the biographies of Adrian S. Fisher, which was ranked as a Wikipedia Good Article in June, 2007, William L. Hungate and Harold L. Volkmer.
[edit] Background and Professional Career
Clarkson's Primary Area of Law Practice is Corporate Insolvency and Reorganization, Federal and State Commercial Litigation, and General Business Law
His law firm, Clarkson, Gore & Marsella, APLC, is found at http://www.lawcgm.com
Born in Houston, Texas; admitted to the Virginia State Bar in 1982, the District of Columbia Bar in 1987, and the California State Bar in 1989. Admitted to the United States Supreme Court, all State and Federal Courts in California, Virginia and the District of Columbia; Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated.
Education: Indiana University (B.A. 1979); George Mason University School of Law (J.D., 1982); Articles Editor, George Mason Law Review.
[edit] Professional Affiliations
Current Chair, Executive Committee of Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association
Immediate past chair (2005-2007), Los Angeles County Bar Association Bankruptcy Law Committee
Former Local Bankruptcy Rules Committee Chair Los Angeles County Bar Association Bankruptcy Law Committee
Guest Lecturer, UCLA School of Law, Seminar in Corporation Reorganization
LACBA Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Executive Section Legislative Chair
Former Director of Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum
Member, South Bay Bar Association
Member, Financial Lawyers Conference
Member, American Bar Association
Former Member of Advisory Board to Norton's Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law
Former Legislative Director for U.S. Congressman Harold L. Volkmer, United States House of Representatives, assigned to House Judiciary Committee's redrafting of the Federal Bankruptcy Code, 1977-79
Bankruptcy Trustee, the District of Columbia and Eastern Virginia, 1979-82
Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge William L. Hungate, Eastern Division of Missouri, 1981.
[edit] Writings
Author: “Representing Creditors in Individual and Small Business Chapter 11 Cases”, Personal and Small Business Bankruptcy Practice in California, California Continuing Education of the Bar, 2003-2007.
Author: "More About the Bankruptcy Act of 1978", American Bar Association Journal, May 1979
Author: "A Legislative History of the Bankruptcy Court System", Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law, Emory University, 1979.
Coauthor: "Private Relief Legislation in the United States Congress", West Federal Practice Manual, 1980; "The New RCRA: Legislative Mandates, Regulatory Resources", Vol.1, No. 6, Hazardous Substances Journal, April 1986.
Editor: "The Legislative History of Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984", Institute for Law and Public Health Protection, November, 1985; "The Legislative History of the Superfund Amendments of 1986", Institute of Law and Public Health Protection, April 1987.
