Thomas E. Carlson (California)

Thomas E. Carlson was a Bankruptcy Judge for the United States bankruptcy court, Northern District of California. He was appointed to the bench in 1985 and retired from the court on November 30, 2012.

Education

Judge Carlson attended Beloit College in 1969 to earn his Bachelors degree and from 1970 to 1971 he was a graduate study in American History at Brandeis University. In 1975 he earned his J.D. at Harvard Law School and ten years later in 1985 he received his Master of Law degree at N.Y.U.

Career

Carlson was a Law Clerk to Chief Justice Thomas Roberts of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from 1975 to 1976. In 1976 he began work as a Law Clerk to Chief Justice Donald Wright of the California Supreme Court. He worked there until 1977 and then he began practicing for Cooper, White & Cooper LLP in San Francisco, California. In 1978 he became Deputy Director of Staff Attorneys Office, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and would serve that position until 1985.

Appointments

• Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of California (1985)
• Chief Bankruptcy Judge (1992-96)
• Ninth Circuit Conference of Chief Bankruptcy Judges (1992-96)
• Executive Committee (1992-95)
• Ninth Circuit Judicial Council (1992-93)

Professional positions

• Principal Drafter of the "Emergency Rule" (1982)
• Consultant to House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Courts (1984)
• National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (1985-present)
• Board of Governors (1991-94)
• Chair of Liaison Committee to Federal Court Study Committee (1989-90)
• Chair of Liaison Committee to National Bankruptcy Review Commission (1985-98)
• Advisor to National Bankruptcy Review Commission (1995-98)
• Federal Judicial Center, Bankruptcy Education Committee (1994-97)

Publications

• "Are the Jurisdictional Provisions of the Bankruptcy Amendments of 1984 Constitutional?" 9 Norton Bankr. Law Adviser 1 (Sept. 1984)
• "Distinguishing Core from Noncore Proceedings," 1 Norton Bankr.Law Adviser 2 (Jan. 1985)
• "The Case for Bankruptcy Appellate Panels," 1990 B.Y.U. Law Rev.545 (1990)
• "A Primer on Jury Trials in Bankruptcy Proceedings," 1 Ass’n of Bus. Trial Lawyers Report, Northern Cal., No. 2 (March 1992)
• "What You Need to Know About the Commission’s Proposal on Single-Asset Real Estate," 31 Bankr. Ct. Dec. Weekly News & Comment (LRP) A3-4 (Nov. 25, 1997)
• "The Small Business Provisions of the 2005 Bankruptcy Amendments," 79 Am. Bankr. L.J. 645 (2005)

External Link

• Northern District of California bankruptcy court