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Charles J. Barreras is a 1987 graduate of Drexel University and a 1992 cum laude graduate of Temple University School of Law. A founding partner of The Chartwell Law Offices, LLP, Mr. Barreras began his legal career with Wright, Young & McGilvery, P.C., where he litigated various medical malpractice, automobile, general liability, and workers’ compensation matters. In 1996 he became associated with the Philadelphia firm Weber Goldstein Greenberg & Gallagher, LLP, where he devoted his practice to handling workers’ compensation and automobile matters. In 1999 he became the managing partner of Weber Goldstein’s Reading, Pennsylvania office. He has served as a faculty member for several workers’ compensation programs sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, and frequently provides seminars on workers’ compensation topics to Pennsylvania insurers and self-insured companies. While in law school, Mr. Barreras worked as a multi-lines claims adjuster and handled all aspects of automobile, general liability, and workers’ compensation claims. Thus, he brings practical claims handling experience to the practice of law.
BAR ADMISSIONS
Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
PRACTICE AREAS
Workers' Compensation
General Casualty
Insurance Coverage
EDUCATION
Temple University (J.D., cum laude, 1992)
Drexel University (B.S., 1987)
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations
Workers' Compensation Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association
MILITARY SERVICE
United States' Army Reserve, 1982-1996.
Enlisted service 1982 through 1987.
Commissioned service 1987 through 1996.
Promoted to Captain - August, 1995.
Awards include: Army Service Ribbon (1983); Basic Parachutist’s Badge (1986); Army Achievement Medal (1989), with Oak Leaf Clusters (1991 & 1996); Reserve
Forces Overseas Service Ribbon (1989), with Oak Leaf Clusters (1991, 1993 & 1994); Joint Services Commendation Medal (Haiti - 1995); and The Armed Forces
Expeditionary Medal (Haiti - 1995).
RECENT PUBLICATIONS/
PRESENTATIONS
Upcoming! Course planner for annual Pennsylvania Bar Institute Workers’ Compensation “Handling the Workers’ Compensation Case” Seminar, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Mechanicsburg, PA, November-December, 2007.
6th Annual Bureau of Workers' Compensation Conference, Independent Contractors, Are They or Aren't They, June 12, 2006, Hershey Lodge & Conference Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Handling the Workers’ Compensation Case, Course Planner, December 1, 2005, Mechanicsburg, PA., December 7, 2005, Philadelphia, PA, December 14, 2005, Pittsburgh, PA.
