AWARDS: $2,350,000 award to automobile accident wrongful death plaintiffs • jury acquittal – double criminal homicide • $1,000,000 award to motorcycle accident wrongful death plaintiffs • jury acquittal – criminal homicide • $465,000 award to medical malpractice plaintiff • jury acquittal – criminal homicide, recklessly endangering another person, neglect of a care dependent person • $325,000 federal jury verdict, UIM and insurance bad faith award to automobile accident plaintiffs • jury acquittal – attempted criminal homicide • $300,000 award to medical malpractice plaintiff • jury acquittal- attempted criminal homicide, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon • $300,000 award to automobile accident/ products liability plaintiffs • jury acquittal – homicide by vehicle while DUI, homicide by vehicle, aggravated assault by vehicle DUI, aggravate assault by vehicle • $115,000 award to truck accident plaintiff • jury acquittal – murder, rape • $100,000 non-jury trial verdict to facial laceration plaintiff • jury acquittal – 1st degree Murder (capital case) • $90,000 award to premises liability/slip-and-fall plaintiff • jury acquittal – DUI, terroristic threats, carrying firearms without a license • $440,000 award to civil rights violation plaintiff • jury acquittal – theft, receiving stolen property • $135,000 award to civil rights violation plaintiff • jury acquittal – possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance (PWI) • $636,000 jury verdict in plaintiffs’ medical malpractice case • jury acquittal – indecent assault, indecent exposure • $550,000 award in plaintiffs’ personal injury case • juvenile case acquittal- solicitation to commit aggravated assault, aggravated assault of unborn child • $250,000 award to mass transit accident plaintiff • jury acquittal – theft, receiving stolen property, conspiracy • $130,000 award to premises liability/slip-and-fall plaintiffs • court-appointed appellate counsel – Supreme Court of Pennsylvania reversal of rape conviction • $465,000 award to automobile accident plaintiff • jury acquittal – aggravated assault • $125,000 award to automobile accident plaintiff • jury acquittal – DUI • non-jury acquittal – dismissal of armed robbery charges • $170,000 award to automobile accident plaintiffs • successful jury verdict in defense of attorney charged with legal malpractice in professional liability case • $140,000 award to injured bicyclist plaintiff • non-jury acquittal – dismissal of 2 counts of criminal homicide • $180,000 award to employment discrimination plaintiff • jury acquittal – indecent exposure • non-jury custody trial – award of primary physical and legal custody of minor to paternal grandparents over natural mother • juvenile decertification petition granted to criminal homicide charges – release at age 21 • non-jury custody trial – award of primary physical and legal custody of minor to father • jury acquittal – DUI • $90,000 award to automobile accident plaintiffs • non-jury custody trial – award of primary physical and legal custody of minor to mother • $50,000 jury verdict for plaintiff- passenger in automobile accident case • non-jury custody trial – award of primary physical and legal custody of minor to father • hung jury – Arson trial (no criminal punishment imposed) • $265,000 award to premises liability plaintiff • jury acquittal – delivery of a controlled substance • $125,000 award to premises liability plaintiff • jury acquittal – DUI • $190,000 award to products liability plaintiff • $150,000 award to premises liability/construction accident plaintiff • $750,000 award to prison medical malpractice and civil rights violation plaintiff • $90,000 award to automobile accident plaintiffs • $108,500 award to automobile accident plaintiff • $80,000 award to automobile accident plaintiff • $150,000 award to truck accident plaintiffs.
Criminal and Civil Trial Verdicts and Settlement Awards
Numerous major criminal trial acquittals, including multiple Criminal Homicides and Major Felonies, and millions of dollars awarded in civil litigation to injured plaintiffs.
The following is a sample of the successful criminal and civil jury and non-jury verdicts and settlement awards achieved by the lawyers at the Charles Law Offices.
Commonwealth of Pa. v. J.H. | acquittal: double criminal homicide
$2,350,000 award | automobile accident wrongful death plaintiff
Commonwealth of Pa. v. J.O. | acquittal: criminal homicide
$1,000,000 award | motorcycle accident wrongful death plaintiff
Commonwealth of Pa. v. V.R. | acquittal: criminal homicide; recklessly endangering another person; neglect of a care dependent person
$325,000 award | rear-end automobile accident plaintiff
Commonwealth of Pa. v. C.R. | acquittal: attempted criminal homicide; aggravated assault
$115,000 award | truck accident plaintiff
Commonwealth of Pa. v. R.T. | acquittal: attempted criminal homicide; aggravated assault
$250,000 award | mass transit accident plaintiff
Commonwealth of Pa. v. J.P.H. | *acquittal: homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence of alcohol; homicide by vehicle; aggravated assault by vehicle while driving under the influence; aggravated assault by vehicle
$465,000 award | automobile accident plaintiff
Commonwealth of Pa. v. M.G. | *acquittal: 1st degree murder
$125,000 award | automobile accident plaintiff
Commonwealth of Pa. v. R.K. | *acquittal: murder; rape
$170,000 award | automobile accident plaintiff
Commonwealth of Pa. v. F.P. | *acquittal: 1st degree murder – capital case
$140,000 award | injured bicyclist plaintiff
Commonwealth of Pa. v. N.G. | *acquittal: 1st degree murder
$90,000 award | automobile accident plaintiff
Commonwealth of Pa. v. C.M. | *acquittal: 1st degree murder
In the interest of C.H. | acquittal: solicitation to commit aggravated assault; assault of unborn child
$50,000 award | automobile passenger plantiff
In the interest of E.W. | acquittal: criminal conspiracy; criminal mischief
Commonwealth of Pa. v. J.C. | acquittal: aggravated assault; D.U.I.
$90,000 award | automobile accident plaintiff
Commonwealth of Pa. v. J.S. | acquittal: D.U.I.
$108,500 award | automobile accident plaintiff
Commonwealth of Pa. v. M.L. | acquittal: D.U.I.; terroristic threats; carrying firearms without a license
$80,000 award | automobile accident plaintiff
Commonwealth of Pa. v. M.J. | acquittal: D.U.I.
$135,000 award | automobile accident plaintiff
Commonwealth of Pa. v. W.C. | acquittal: indecent exposure
$150,000 award to truck accident plaintiff
Commonwealth of Pa. v. J.J. | acquittal: theft; receiving stolen property
$465,000 award | medical malpractice plaintiff
Commonwealth of Pa. v. E.S. | acquittal: theft; receiving stolen property
$300,000 award | medical malpractice plaintiff
Commonwealth of Pa. v. M.M. | acquittal: theft; receiving stolen property
$636,000 jury verdict | medical malpractice plaintiff
Commonwealth of Pa. v. C.R. | acquittal: delivery of a controlled substance
$750,000 award | prison medical malpractice
Commonwealth of Pa. v. J.S. | acquittal: aggravated assault
Non-jury trial: primary physical and legal custody award | father
Commonwealth of Pa. v. C.R. | acquittal: possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance (PWI)
Non-jury trial: primary physical and legal custody award | mother
Commonwealth of Pa. v. E.L. | acquittal: court-appointed appellate counsel- reversal of rape conviction by Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Non-jury trial: primary physical and legal custody award | father
Commonwealth of Pa. v. C.A. | acquittal: indecent assault; indecent exposure
Non-jury trial: primary physical and legal custody award | paternal grandparents
Commonwealth of Pa. v. R.F. | acquittal: aggravated assault
Commonwealth of Pa. v. C.N. | acquittal: theft, receiving stolen property, conspiracy
Commonwealth of Pa. v. J.M. | criminal homicide case; negotiated no contest plea to 3rd degree murder: binding sentence agreement: 30 to 60 months incarceration
$100,000 award | facial laceration plaintiff
Commonwealth of Pa. v. D.A. | dismissal of murder charges; guilty plea to voluntary manslaughter
$90,000 award | premises liability/slip-and-fall plaintiff
Commonwealth of Pa. v. J.O. | dismissal of murder charges; guilty plea to voluntary manslaughter
$440,000 award | civil rights violation plaintiff
Commonwealth of Pa. v. S.A. | hung jury: Arson trial
$135,000 award | civil rights violation plaintiff
In the Interest of S.Y | juvenile decertification granted to criminal homicide; released from confinement at age 21
$550,000 award | personal injury plaintiff
Commonwealth of Pa v. C.A. | hung jury: sexual assault case
Civil jury acquittal | successful defense of attorney charged with legal malpractice in professional liability case
$180,000 award | employment discrimination plaintiff
$265,000 award | premises liability plaintiff
$125,000 award | premises liability plaintiff
Similar factual and legal circumstances in your case do not guarantee the same verdict or outcome achieved in the above-described cases.
* denotes conviction of lesser offense
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“Attorneys Fredrick E. Charles and Dennis G. Charles of the Charles Law Offices provide superior legal representation in both criminal and civil law, while exercising the highest degree of moral and ethical integrity. Their expertise, case preparation, attention to detail, and trial skills are incomparable, and is evident in their numerous and consistent courtroom victories and settlement awards.”
Joe Hanna | Sheriff of Lehigh County, Retired Chief of Police
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The Charles Brothers’ devotion to the law is derived from a family history in the legal system and of service to others. Their father, Charles “Chink” Charles (depicted in the lower left-hand corner of the photograph) held a 35 year career in law enforcement, and was selected to serve as the personal bodyguard for former United States Presidents John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon and Lyndon B. Johnson during their campaign visits to Allentown.
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