Charles P. Scheeler Senior Counsel
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Charlie Scheeler has enjoyed a varied practice during his 34 year CREDENTIALS career. Education
Charlie's experience includes over 25 jury trials, as well as scores of Harvard Law School (1981) J.D., cum bench trials and arbitrations. He has an active corporate laude governance, sports, crisis management, monitorships and internal University of North Carolina at Chapel investigations practice. Hill (1978) B.S. Phi Beta Kappa Charlie previously served on the firm's Executive Committee. Beta Alpha Psi Admissions EXPERIENCE District of Columbia Representative engagements include: Maryland æ Argued and won reversal of the largest monetary damages case (over US$1.5 billion) in the history of the Maryland Court of Appeals æ Serving as the monitor of Penn State University relating to the University’s compliance with its obligations under an Athletics Integrity Agreement with the NCAA and Big Ten Conference æ Serving as lead counsel to former Secretary of Defense William Cohen in connection with his independent investigation into the regulatory processes surrounding potential mining development in the Bristol Bay, Alaska watershed æ Managed the creation of the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety, Inc., a consortium of North America's largest importers of garments from Bangladesh, including Wal-Mart, Gap, Target, VF Corporation, Macy's, and many more. Through this effort, over US$140 million in cash and low interest credit was pledged to improve worker safety in Bangladesh garment factories, along with commitments that all Alliance factories would be inspected, and have workers trained in proper safety techniques, within one year of the Alliance's formation æ Served as lead counsel to former Senator George Mitchell in connection with his independent investigation of performance enhancing substance use in Major League Baseball
æ Served as lead outside counsel to MCI WorldCom in obtaining a declination of criminal charges by the US Department of Justice and a dismissal of criminal charges filed by the Oklahoma Attorney General arising out of an over US$11 billion accounting restatement announced by MCI WorldCom æ Obtained a defense judgment affirmed on appeal in connection with a class action against a leading hospitality company in which over US$650 million in damages was claimed æ Served as lead prosecutor of the Boardley/Burrows narcotics/RICO organization which provided the inspiration for the Bell/Barksdale organization portrayed in the HBO series "The Wire" æ Conducted an internal investigation of a global company regarding certain tax practices in over 50 countries and resolved related issues with numerous foreign jurisdictions
PUBLICATIONS æ Penn State Third Annual Report, 21 Sep 2015 æ Penn State Eleventh Interim Report, 29 May 2015
NEWS
Media Mentions æ "Inspired by a daughter, in honor of a mother and father ," John Hopkins University News , May 12, 2014
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Prior to joining the firm, Charlie was federal prosecutor in the US Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland from 1984 to 1989. There, his experience included successfully prosecuting racketeering, narcotics, money laundering and fraud cases.
RECOGNITIONS
The respected English research firm Chambers & Partners has repeatedly recognized Charlie in Chambers USA , having said he has a "well-respected reputation as a trial lawyer, complemented by specialist expertise in sports arbitration, crisis management, internal investigations and matters of governance." Furthermore, he has the "intelligence and temperament to effectively deal with every aspect of the litigation process from negotiation to trial." One client stated, "[h]e is our number-one attorney and we go to him for all of our important litigation matters."
Charlie was named to the Annual Guide to Bet-the-Company Litigation by Best Lawyers. In 2009, the Ethisphere Council named him to its list of 2009 Attorneys Who Matter, described by the Council as "the best and brightest in the legal field" who exemplify "the best public service, legal community engagement and academic involvement" and "help lead their companies to the top of the ethics and compliance world."
CIVIC AND CHARITABLE
In addition to practicing law, Charlie is active in the community. He serves as Chair of the Board of Rosedale Federal Savings & Loan Association, Maryland’s highest ranked savings institution according to the IDC. He is a member of the boards of Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Johns
Hopkins International, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and the CollegeBound Foundation (where he is a former chair).
Additional Accreditiation
Charlie is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).