Background
Houston, Tom K. was born on November 1, 1945 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
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Tom K. Houston
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Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts, Government, cum laude, 1967). Stanford University (Juris Doctor, 1972).
Career
Worked at Carlsmith Ball Wichman Case & Ichiki (Honolulu, Hawaii) specializing in Admiralty & Maritime, Administrative, Banking & Finance, Corporate, Environmental, Foreign Investment Interests, Hotel, Resort & Entertainment, Immigration, International, Labor & Employment, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Public Utilities, Real Property and Land Use, Tax, Trusts, and Comparative Planning. Admitted to the bar, 1972, California. 1973, District of Columbia.
Order of the Coif. Law Clerk to Mathew O. Tobriner, Associate Justice, California Supreme Court. Deputy Mayor and Chief of Staff, City of Los Angeles, 1984-1987. President, Los Angeles Environmental Quality Board, 1987-1989.
Co-author: "Proposition 65 -- The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Waste Initiative," 1986. Chairman, California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), 1979-1983. Undersecretary and General Counsel, California State and Consumer Services Agency, 1975-1979.
Deputy Secretary, California Agriculture and Services Agency, 1974-1975. Administrator (State Designee), California Occupational Safety and Health Program CAL/OSHA, 1974-1975. Deputy/Assistant General Counsel, Federal Energy Administration (FEA), 1974-1975.
Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association. State Bar of California. The District of Columbia Bar.
(Resident at Los Angeles, California Office). The law firm of Carlsmith Ball Wichman Case & Ichiki was established in 1857 in Hilo, Hawaii. The firm currently has 115 attorneys in ten offices located throughout Hawaii, in Guam, Saipan, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and Mexico City, Mexico.
Membership
Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association. State Bar of California. The District of Columbia Bar.
(Resident at Los Angeles, California Office).
