Eric M. Carlson

Eric Carlson has specialized in long-term care since 1990,
and is one of the nation’s leading consumer experts on
nursing homes and assisted living facilities. He counsels
attorneys from across the country in issues relating to
long-term care, and also participates in litigation on
residents’ behalf. He currently is lead counsel in Resident
Councils of Washington v. Leavitt, a nationwide class action
challenging the federal government’s reduction in nurse aide
training requirements. Mr. Carlson is the author of numerous
publications and articles, including Long Term Care Advocacy
(LexisNexis), the leading legal treatise on long-term care
issues. Mr. Carlson’s most recent publication is 20 Common
Nursing Home Problems, and How to Resolve Them. He is
co-author (along with NSCLC attorney Katharine Hsiao) of The
Baby Boomer’s Guide to Nursing Home Care published by Taylor
Trade Publishing in August 2006.

Mr. Carlson is a summa cum laude graduate of the University
of Minnesota, and received his legal education from the
Boalt Hall School of Law of the University of California at
Berkeley. Following law school he served as a law clerk for
a federal judge, worked in a fellowship in public interest
law, and then served as Director of the Nursing Home
Advocacy Project of Bet Tzedek Legal Services of Los Angeles.