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Dec. 12, 2011

Charles D. Novack

An early nudge led Judge Charles D. Novack to pursue a career in bankruptcy law.

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U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California

By Craig Anderson

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN JOSE - Charles D. Novack's work as a bankruptcy attorney, and now a judge, started with a suggestion from his girlfriend at the beginning of his career.

He was working in general civil litigation at what was then Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP when Maureen C. Dellinger, whom he later married and with whom he has two daughters, said he should give bankruptcy law a try.

"I had done a litt... (continued)

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