Carl Hartmann graduated from Antioch College's School of Law, Washington, D.C., in 1979 -- and was a full-time intern in the office of Chief Justice Warren Burger at the U.S. Supreme Court. Following graduation, he clerked for the New Mexico Court of Appeals, in the office of Judge Leila Andrews. 

He then returned to Antioch for several years as an assistant professor in the Masters Program at the Law School's Center for Legal Studies.  During that time he also co-directed the U.S. Department of Justice's paralegal training program for CLS.  He authored several books and training manuals. 

In addition to acting as lead litigation and appellate counsel in cases in a variety of jurisdictions, he has also directed complex litigation, workout and due diligence support operations involving extensive documents --and was both the principal legal and computer code author of Litigation Manager, one of the first commercial, PC-based litigation support software systems -- which was utilized by federal agencies and such major lawfirms as Skadden, Arps

He is admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals for the Federal, D.C. and Third Circuits, as well as the local and federal courts of the U.S. Virgin Islands and New Mexico.  In addition, he has represented clients before federal agencies, the U.S. Congress; and, as co-counsel with other firms, before many additional forums.