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Carlson, Robert Edwin was born on October 11, 1930 in Brooklyn. Son of Harry Victor and Lenore Marie (Hanrahan) Carlson.
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Robert Edwin Carlson, American Lawyer. Bar: California 1959, United States District Court (central district) California 1959, United States Court Appeals (9th circuit) 1959. Recipient Griffin Bell award Dispute Resolution Superior vena cava syndrome, Inc., 1992, Katherine Krause award Inner City Law Center, 1996.
Education
Bachelor of Science, U. Oregon, 1953; Juris Doctor, University of California, San Francisco, 1958; Master of Laws, Harvard University, 1963.
Career
Associate, Kindel & Anderson, Los Angeles, 1958-1963;
partner, Kindel & Anderson, Los Angeles, 1963-1967;
partner, Agnew, Miller & Carlson, Los Angeles, 1967-1980;
partner, Hufstedler, Miller, Carlson & Beardsley, Los Angeles, 1980-1988;
partner, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Los Angeles, since 1988. President Constitutional Rights Foundation, Los Angeles, 1978-1980, Los Angeles County Bar Foundation, 1988-1989. Member Executive Committee business section Los Angeles Bar Association, 1982-1989.
Board dirs.Legal Aid Foundation, Los Angeles.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Westridge School for Girls, Pasadena, California, 1985-1991, Trust for Public Land, San Francisco, since 1987. Chair board Skid Row Housing Trust, Los Angeles, since 1989. Board visitors Santa Clara Law School, 1986-1992.
With United States.Army, 1953-1955. Member American Bar Association (member securities committee, member committee development investment services, vice chairperson, member task force to prepare guidebook for directors mutual funds 1995, chairperson youth education for citizenship, Chicago 1982-1985), California State Bar (member corporation committee since 1990), Valley Hunt Club, Chancery Club, California Club.
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Married Maureen Eleanor Donnelly, August 24, 1963. Children: John T., Katherine L., Elizabeth A., Robert E. Junior.
