General Counsel
CurrentThe General Counsel role at NAAVC evolved from several years of representing the Arizona Yage Assembly (AYA) in the role of legal advisor and operational consultant. Trial and appellate counsel in AYA v. Garland / the Drug Enforcement Administration, in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Charles also maintains a small list of visionary churches as clients, and is available for expert consulting and testimony in controlled substances cases where the defendants seek to present a religious defense under federal or state RFRA laws.