Charles has enjoyed a long legal career, starting as a small town general practitioner in St. Matthews, South Carolina, then serving as a Circuit Court Judge presiding over civil and criminal cases across the state, and now practicing complex injury and business litigation with Whetstone Perkins & Fulda.
Bar Admissions
- South Carolina, 1975
- U.S. District Court (S.C.), 1975
- U.S. Court of Appeals (4th Cir.)
Education
- University of South Carolina
- Clemson University
- B.A. – 1972
- Honors: Phi Kappa Phi
- Kappa Alpha Order
- Tiger Brotherhood
- The Tiger student newspaper– staff
- National Judicial College, Reno, NV
- Trial Judge Training – 1991
Honors and Awards
- S.C. Superlawyers, 2008 – 2011
- Lawdragon Top 500 Plaintiffs Lawyers
- National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers SC
- Martindale-Hubbell, AV Rating
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Association for Justice
- National College of Advocacy
- American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
- The National Trial Lawyers
- South Carolina Association for Justice
- Motor Vehicle Trial Lawyers Association
- American Bar Association
- South Carolina Bar Association
- Richland County Bar Association
- Shady Grove United Methodist Church
Past Employment Positions
South Carolina Circuit Court Judge, 1991-1998
Practice Areas of Interest
- Catastrophic Injury
- Medical Negligence
- Nursing Home Abuse/Neglect
- Insurance Bad Faith
- Business Litigation
- Class Actions
- Workers' Compensation
- Defective Products
- Criminal Law
