Background
Carlton, Robert L. was born on December 21, 1953 in Saint Joseph, Missouri, United States.
Carlton, Robert L. was born on December 21, 1953 in Saint Joseph, Missouri, United States.
University of Colorado at Boulder (Bachelor of Arts, 1982). Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College (Juris Doctor, 1985).
Worked at Sussman Shank Wapnick Caplan & Stiles, Limited Liability Partnership (Portland, Oregon) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice in all Courts. Bankruptcy, Creditors" Rights and Corporate Reorganization, Corporate Law, General Business, Banking and Finance, Commercial and Business Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Real Estate, Construction, Professional Liability Defense, Taxation, Probate, Pensions, Estate Planning, Planned Giving, Employee Benefits. Admitted to the bar, 1985, Oregon and United States.
District Court, District of Oregon.
1986, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. 1989, United States. District Court, Northern District of California.
Author: "Pederson v. McCormmach: Does Section 522 (b) (1) Lien Avoidance Apply to Dissolution Judgments?" Family and Juvenile Law Newsletter, December 1990.
Assistant Author: "The Secured Creditor in Bankruptcy," Secured Transactions—UCC Article 9 Update, Oregon Law Institute, 1991. Company-Author and Speaker, "Avoidance Powers," Bankruptcy Law for the General Practitioner, Oregon Law Institute, October 1991.
Company-Author: "Bankruptcy Litigation," Bankruptcy Law, Oregon State Bar Supplement, Continuing legal education, 1992. Speaker, "Bankruptcy: Its" Effect on Real Property Transactions," Oregon Public Property Managers Association, 1992.
Company-Author: "Bankruptcy Litigation," Oregon State Bar, Continuing legal education, 1995.
Member: Multnomah County and American Bar Associations. Oregon State Bar (Member, Debtor-Creditor Section). Sussman Shank Wapnick Caplan & Stiles was founded in the early sixties by Gilbert Sussman, Jerome B. Shank and Norman Wapnick.
The Firm members have enjoyed a collegial relationship over thirty years of steady growth to a firm of twenty lawyers and a staff of thirty.
With an initial focus on creditors" rights, bankruptcy, banking and finance, the firm has expanded to include a broad general business, tax, estate planning, charitable and non-profit corporations, real estate and extensive litigation practice. Sussman Shank"s attorneys come from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds and hold leadership positions in business and professional associations.
Member: Multnomah County and American Bar Associations. Oregon State Bar (Member, Debtor-Creditor Section).