Murphy, Wendy A.

Charles received his B.A. from Purdue University in 1990. While in college, Charles interned with U.S Senator Charles S. Robb of Virginia; served as Executive Director, Senator, and Student Body Treasurer of the Purdue Student Government; served as a student member of several University Senate Committees; and worked in the American Association of University Students.

Upon graduating from Purdue, he worked for nearly three years as a caseworker with the State of Indiana's Division of Family and Children. While working for the State of Indiana, Charles obtained his M.A. in political science from Purdue University.

Charles obtained his J.D., magna cum laude, from Quinnipiac College School of Law in 1997 graduating 4th in his class. During law school, he served as Lead Articles Editor for the Quinnipiac Law Review; co-created the Quinnipiac Law and Technology Association and served as its President, Vice-President and Treasurer; interned with the Honorable Alfred V. Covello, U.S. District Court Judge; and externed with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration in Washington, D.C. Charles was awarded the Service to the Law School Award, Academic Excellence Award, and the Distinguished Academic Achievement Award for his work in Jurisprudence and the Law of the European Union.

After law school, he served as a law clerk for the Honorable John T. Sharpnack, Chief Judge of the Indiana Court of Appeals of Indiana and the Honorable Alan H. Nevas, U.S. District Court Judge in Bridgeport, Connnecticut. After clerking for Judge Nevas, Charles joined Cummings & Lockwood, a full-service, mid-sized law firm in Connecticut, as a litigation associate in its Stamford, Connecticut office.

In 2001, Charles and his wife, Katherine, returned to Chicago, Illinois where he established his own law practice. Charles also serves as President of Privacy Innovations Inc., a privacy consulting firm.

Charles currently teaches privacy and technology courses at John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois. He has taught Privacy in Cyberspace at the University of Connecticut School of Law as well as United States Government and United States History at Quinnipiac College and Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis.

Apart from practicing law, Charles has been an active member of the legal community. He has served as Chair of the American Bar Association's Privacy and Computer Crime Committee; Vice-Chair of the Connecticut Bar Association's Computer Law Section; and Co-Chair of the Regional Bar Association's Internet Law Committee. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, Computer Law Association, Connecticut Bar Association, and the Indiana and Illinois State Bar Associations. He also remains active in the Indiana State Bar Association's Committee on Law Practice Management and the Internet & Electronic Commerce Committee.

Charles also has participated in his local community by serving as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Northcenter Chamber of Commerce and as a Member of the Kedzie-Elston Business and Industrial Council.

Charles was admitted to the Indiana State Bar in 1997, the Illinois State Bar in 1998, and the Connecticut State Bar in 2000. He remains an active member of each of these state bars.

Charles is admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States as well as the Sixth and Seventh Circuits of the United States Courts of Appeals. He is admitted to the trial bar of the United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois. He is also admitted to the bars of the Northern District of Indiana, Central District of Illinois, Northern District of Florida, and the District of Colorado.