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.