Charlie represents companies and government entities in federal and state courts, mediations, and arbitrations. His litigation experience includes mass torts and state-federal consolidated actions; environmental tort claims involving nuisance, negligence, and land use; remediation and compliance disputes; and general business disputes. He has also handled claims involving breach of contract, trademark infringement, false advertising, other torts, and foreign sovereign immunity.

Charlie advises clients on local, state, federal, and international regulatory and compliance requirements. His experience includes counseling on state air regulations, the domestic and international transportation of lithium-ion batteries, and stormwater detention and retention obligations. He has also advised telecommunications clients on rights-of-way disputes and infrastructure deployment.

Charlie also handles sensitive white-collar matters and government and internal investigations. His experience includes helping third parties respond to government investigations and successfully managing large-scale, time-sensitive document reviews and productions to the government to protect clients from potentially company-threatening civil and criminal exposure.

Charlie maintains a robust pro bono practice. He recently represented a small agrotourism farmer in a lease dispute, successfully averting potential eviction. His pro bono work also includes immigration and asylum matters, advocacy for regulatory protections for endangered species, and advising a youth development and sustainable agriculture nonprofit organization in Puerto Rico. He additionally works with D.C.’s Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless as a phone intake volunteer and advocate.

Charlie serves as deputy co-chair of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group.

Charlie previously served as a Legal Fellow with the Green Buildings Subcommittee of the Office of the Mayor of Nashville’s Sustainability Advisory Committee, where he reviewed sustainability proposals, initiatives, and policy and proposed green building programs to advance sustainability in Nashville.

Charlie leans on his experience as a project manager for a commercial construction company in Seattle, Washington—where he oversaw soil, marshland, and water remediation projects, and worked on LEED Gold v3 Core & Shell mixed-use construction—to inform his legal perspective and client advocacy.