
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SANTA ANA - When he was 22 and still a few units shy of finishing college, Scott C. Clarkson was tasked with participating in a major rewrite of the nation's bankruptcy laws.
In January 1977, Clarkson, who was something of a political prodigy, had signed on as a legislative assistant to Harold L. Volkmer, a newly elected member of Congress from Missouri. One of his responsibilities for Volkmer was... (continued)