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Charles received his B.A. from Purdue University in 1990. While in college,
Charles interned with U.S Senator Charles S. Robb of Virginia;
served as Executive Director, Senator, and Student Body Treasurer
of the Purdue Student Government; served as a student member
of several University Senate Committees; and worked in the American
Association of University Students.
Upon graduating from Purdue, he worked for nearly three years
as a caseworker with the State of Indiana's Division of Family
and Children. While working for the State of Indiana, Charles
obtained his M.A. in political science from Purdue University.
Charles obtained his J.D., magna cum laude, from Quinnipiac
College School of Law in 1997 graduating 4th in his class. During law school, he served
as Lead Articles Editor for the Quinnipiac Law Review; co-created
the Quinnipiac Law and Technology Association and served as
its President, Vice-President and Treasurer; interned with the
Honorable Alfred V. Covello, U.S. District Court Judge; and
externed with the National Telecommunications and Information
Administration in Washington, D.C. Charles was awarded the Service
to the Law School Award, Academic Excellence Award, and the
Distinguished Academic Achievement Award for his work in Jurisprudence
and the Law of the European Union.
After law school, he served as a law clerk for the Honorable
John T. Sharpnack, Chief Judge of the Indiana Court of Appeals
of Indiana and the Honorable Alan H. Nevas, U.S. District Court
Judge in Bridgeport, Connnecticut. After clerking for Judge
Nevas, Charles joined Cummings & Lockwood, a full-service,
mid-sized law firm in Connecticut, as a litigation associate
in its Stamford, Connecticut office.
In 2001, Charles and his wife, Katherine, returned to Chicago,
Illinois where he established his own law practice. Charles
also serves as President of
Privacy Innovations Inc., a privacy consulting firm.
Charles currently teaches privacy and technology courses at
John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois. He has taught
Privacy in Cyberspace at the University of Connecticut School
of Law as well as United States Government and United States
History at Quinnipiac College and Indiana University-Purdue
University at Indianapolis.
Apart from practicing law, Charles has been an active member
of the legal community. He has served as Chair of the American
Bar Association's Privacy and Computer Crime Committee; Vice-Chair
of the Connecticut Bar Association's Computer Law Section; and
Co-Chair of the Regional Bar Association's Internet Law Committee.
He is a member of the American Bar Association, Chicago Bar
Association, Computer Law Association, Connecticut Bar Association,
and the Indiana and Illinois State Bar Associations. He also
remains active in the Indiana State Bar Association's Committee
on Law Practice Management and the Internet & Electronic
Commerce Committee.
Charles also has participated in his local community by serving
as a Member of the Board of Directors of the
Northcenter Chamber of Commerce and as a Member of the Kedzie-Elston Business and Industrial Council.
Charles was admitted to the Indiana State Bar in 1997, the
Illinois State Bar in 1998, and the Connecticut State Bar in
2000. He remains an active member of each of these state bars.
Charles is admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States
as well as the Sixth and Seventh Circuits of the United States
Courts of Appeals. He is admitted to the trial bar of the United
States District Court, Northern District of Illinois. He is
also admitted to the bars of the Northern District of Indiana,
Central District of Illinois, Northern District of Florida, and the District of Colorado. |