U.S. Bankruptcy Court (Central)
Career Highlights: Appointed as a judge to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California, by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 2011; special counsel, Duane Morris LLP, San Francisco and Los Angeles, 2009-11; special counsel, Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin P.C., San Francisco, 2008-09; law clerk to U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali, Northern District of California, San Francisco, 2000-08; associate, Hovis, Smith, Stewart, Lipscomb & Cross LLP, San Francisco, 1992-00; associate, Edwards, Angell, Palmer & Dodge, Boston, 1989-92; law clerk to Chief Justice Paul J. Liacos, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Boston, 1988-89
Career Highlights: Appointed as a judge to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California, by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 2011; special counsel, Duane Morris LLP, San Francisco and Los Angeles, 2009-11; special counsel, Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin P.C., San Francisco, 2008-09; law clerk to U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali, Northern District of California, San Francisco, 2000-08; associate, Hovis, Smith, Stewart, Lipscomb & Cross LLP, San Francisco, 1992-00; associate, Edwards, Angell, Palmer & Dodge, Boston, 1989-92; law clerk to Chief Justice Paul J. Liacos, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Boston, 1988-89
By Ben Adlin
Daily Journal Associate Editor
Litigants with U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Neil W. Bason's name on their casework could be reassured to know that the jurist has already made good on many a bad situation.
New to the bench in Los Angeles' Edward R. Roybal Federal Building, after a legal career in California that spans back to 1993, Bason can essentially trace his West Coast career to one pivotal point in his young adult life.
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