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Feb. 9, 2012

Scott C. Clarkson

Judge Scott C. Clarkson got an early jump on bankruptcy law by helping to revamp it in 1977.

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Scott C. Clarkson
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California (Santa Ana/Riverside)
By Don J. DeBenedictis
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)

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