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Charles, a director, has, over the past 18 years represented publicly traded companies, closely held companies, and family-owned businesses, as well as individuals and families in legal matters such as business succession planning, buying and selling of businesses, transactions, estate planning, probate, tax planning, and lawsuits involving business disputes, construction, wills and trusts, eminent domain, taxation, personal injury/wrongful death in all Ohio courts as well as in the United States federal courts and before the American Arbitration Association. Charles also represents clients before the Internal Revenue Service.
In addition, Charles owned and operated a corporate private investigation company that he sold in 1996. He has worked for a company providing family office services (legal, accounting, private/public investment services, and administrative services) to high net worth families. He also worked for a venture capital firm where he performed turn around management services for distressed companies and sold companies.
Charles is a frequent speaker on legal matters, most recently he has been a presenter on the following topics: Planning for Estate Taxes and Probate and Building Value In Your Business and Successfully Selling Your Business.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, The University of Akron
Juris Doctorate, The Ohio State University College of Law
Master of Taxation, summa cum laude, The University of Akron
Bar Admissions
Supreme Court of the United States of America
United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States Tax Court
Supreme Court of Ohio
Professional Associations
Federal Bar Association
Ohio State Bar Association
Stark County Bar Association
American Association for Justice
f.k.a. Association of Trial Lawyers of America
International Business Brokers Association
Association of Professional Merger & Acquisition Advisors
Charles and his wife Diane, a Speech and Language Pathologist with Stark County Local Schools, reside in Canton with their 2 children. | 