Attorney Profiles

Charlene provides legal counsel to attorneys in both a claims avoidance capacity and with regard to ripened legal malpractice actions. She has defended counsel in a wide range of underlying settings, including complex real estate, tax, securities and probate matters, divorce, criminal defense, prosecution and accompanying civil rights claims, as well as intentional claims against lawyers including wrongful use of civil proceedings and defamation actions. Charlene has also assisted lawyers with regard to disciplinary matters and their compliance with the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct.

In 2002 Charlene graduated from John Carroll University, magna cum laude, where she obtained her B.A. degree in Political Science. She was inducted into Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society and awarded the Kathy L. Barber Outstanding Scholar Award in Political Science for graduating seniors. Also during her time at John Carroll, Charlene served as an intern for the U.S. Export Assistance Center in Cleveland, Ohio, a division of the United States Department of Commerce, where she assisted small and medium-sized businesses with regulatory compliance issues and market research relating to the exportation of goods.

Charlene subsequently graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where she graduated with honors in 2006. Through law school, Charlene served on the Executive Board for the Pittsburgh Tax Review as the Articles Editor where she ensured the accuracy of legal propositions asserted by tax professionals and improved the authors' writing techniques. Also while in law school, in 2004, Charlene joined Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin as a law clerk and upon graduation from law school continued with the firm in the Professional Liability Department.