Graduate of the University of Illinois College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in 1980 and the University of Illinois College of Law in 1984.
Admissions include: Illinois and Missouri State Courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh and Eighth Circuits, the United States District Courts for the Southern and Central Districts of Illinois and the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri.
Memberships include: Illinois State Bar Association, St. Clair County Bar Association, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, the Missouri Bar, Defense Research Institute and Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.
Represented defendants in Southern Illinois and Missouri in thousands of cases for more than a quarter of a century, including a wide-ranging defense practice of workers' compensation, asbestos, products liability, complex and class action litigation, intricate personal injury matters, insurance coverage and construction litigation.
Chuck is married to Lisa Joley, former general counsel of Anheuser Busch and co-owner of SolutionsOne. Interests include: Joley and Joley Farms, minority ownership in MotoEuropa motorcycle dealership, as well as in Triumph Grill, Kota and Pintxos restaurants. Other interests include motorcycling, boating, reading and Harley the yellow lab.
