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Sep. 8, 2021

Bankruptcy Judge Charles Novack is an academic with a practical bent, lawyers say

Judge Charles Novack: an academic with a practical bent

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Bankruptcy Judge Charles Novack is an academic with a practical bent, lawyers say

Charles Novack

Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge

Career Highlights: Reappointed May 2024, served as chief bankruptcy judge 2019-2022, appointed to U.S. Northern District bankruptcy court, 2010; founder, Law Office of Charles Novack, Oakland, 2005-10; shareholder, associate, Kornfield, Paul & Nyberg, 1994-2005; law clerk for U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Randall J. Newsome, 1991-93

Law School: UC Hastings Law, 1983
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Judge Charles D. Novack’s then-girlfriend, now wife, suggested that he go into bankruptcy law after she noticed he was becoming bored with litigation.

Trusting his partner, Novack started sending letters to every bankruptcy judge in the Northern District of California to ask if they needed a law clerk. Novack ended up clerking for Judge Randall J. Newsome from 1991 to 1993.

“Not thinking that I was go... (continued)

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