Charles S. Fax

Overview

Charles S. Fax is the chair of the firm’s Class Action Litigation and False Claims Act Litigation practice groups.  His experience includes litigating business and corporate/contractual disputes, including business fraud, government procurements, insurance coverage disputes, False Claims Act cases, business defamation, and executive employment claims.  He also represents plaintiffs and defendants in consumer class actions and civil rights litigation.  Representative clients include public and closely held corporations, broker-dealers, trustees, law firms, and business executives and employees.

Chuck served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law from 2010-2015, and authored a regular column on recent developments in civil procedure for the American Bar Association Section of Litigation magazine “Litigation News” from 2008-2018.  He is the co-author, with United States District Judge Paul W. Grimm and Paul Mark Sandler, Esq., of “Litigation Problems and Their Solutions” (ABA Publishing 2020) – a widely cited textbook on civil discovery in federal courts, now in its fourth edition.  He, Judge Grimm and Mr. Sandler are also co-authors of “Maryland Litigation Problems and Solutions,” published by the Maryland Bar Association, now in its second edition.  From 2017-2019, Chuck served as a member of the Federal Monitorship Team for General Motors Company.  Commencing in 2019 through the present, Chuck is serving as a senior member of the Federal Monitorship Team for the New York City Housing Authority.