Charles has worked on adversarial matters touching on many different fields, including the fashion, art, and music industries, but also extending to pharmaceuticals, complex financial products, food and beverage, film, cable television, software, and numerous other types of goods and services.
Charles has experience in virtually all recurring aspects of litigation, including:
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Conducting initial negotiations with adverse parties, and arriving at non-litigation solutions, where possible
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Engaging in thorough preliminary fact-finding and drafting complaints that set the proper tone for a case
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Producing and reviewing discovery materials; using those materials effectively in conferences, correspondence, and motion practice
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Drafting strategically chosen motions and letters to the Court seeking to compel the production of additional relevant evidence
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Drafting cordial but forceful correspondence with opposing counsel
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Taking efficient and productive depositions; preparing a client's witnesses for depositions
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Issuing and overseeing compliance with third-party subpoenas, or fighting compliance with such subpoenas where appropriate
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Effectively marshalling relevant law and allegations/facts in order to draft persuasive motions to dismiss and motions for summary judgment
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Successfully moving to vacate legally erroneous decisions (particularly after previous counsel withdraws or is terminated); successfully moving to amend pleadings after taking over for prior counsel
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Appealing district court errors to the federal appellate courts (especially in the areas of copyright and trademark law)
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Negotiating favorable settlements where preferable to continued litigation
