Following graduation from Wharton and Vanderbilt Law on full merit scholarships, Charlie returned to Kansas City and joined Blackwell Sanders [now Husch Blackwell], a pre-eminent Midwest law firm with a premier corporate/securities practice. He advanced to partner at age 29, as the firm’s youngest ever partner. After five years in the corporate world, Charlie conceived of the first office of an international law firm in Pittsburgh, proposed it to Jones Day and was a Jones Day partner from 1988 through 1999. At both firms, his substantive expertise was as a securities/corporate finance/M&A partner. At Jones Day he was also an international specialist with his primary industry focus being the inter-related pharmaceutical, medtech, ag chemical, animal health and biotech fields. At Jones Day, besides being the founder of the highly successful Pittsburgh Office, he was the worldwide head of the Firm's Life Sciences Practice Group until he left the firm in late 1999 to co-found with a Forbes 400 family a private investment/venture capital/private equity firm.From early 2008 until 2010, Charlie was retained by Chesapeake Energy, the nation’s then 2d largest producer of natural gas, to facilitate its entry into the Marcellus Shale. He was trained at Chesapeake HQ in Oklahoma with respect to unconventional natural gas exploration and development.In 2012, Charlie and Dale Killmeyer co-founded Stone Pier Capital Advisors to act as M&A, financial and strategic advisors across a variety of industries. Charlie was named to the 2020 Power 100, the 100 most influential people in Pittsburgh, is on the "Who’s Who in Energy" list by American City Business Journals, and served on Gov. Tom Wolf's Transition Team. During his legal practice, Charlie's work earned him an AV® Preeminent certification (5.0 out of 5.0) from Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings, the highest available mark for professional excellence.Charlie is Chairman of the Energy Innovation Center Institute, Inc. (eicipgh.org), Pro Football Alumni LLC (profootballalumni.com) and various Reuters Events Conferences from 2016 through 2024.
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