Charles J. Barreras is a founding partner at Chartwell Law, where he handles general liability, premises liability, insurance coverage, and employment law matters on behalf of domestic and London-based insurance carriers. Chuck manages all aspects of litigation, including strategy development, supervision of investigations, and preparation for and defense of matters at arbitration and trial in both state and federal courts.

Chuck was named to the Pennsylvania edition of Super Lawyers® magazine and Philadelphia magazine from 2008 to 2019, a distinction limited to only five percent of attorneys practicing in the state.

When he began attending law school at night, Chuck worked during the day as an SIU investigator with Equifax Insurance Services. During his legal education, he later worked as a multi-line claims adjuster for an independent adjusting company, where he handled all aspects of automobile, general liability, property, and workers’ compensation claims. This experience enables him to bring practical claims-handling experience to the practice of law.

Chuck began his legal career with a Philadelphia-area insurance defense firm, where he litigated various automobile, general liability, insurance coverage, medical malpractice, and workers’ compensation matters. In 1996, he joined the Philadelphia firm Weber Goldstein Greenberg & Gallagher, LLP, where he devoted his practice to handling automobile, general liability, and workers’ compensation matters. In 1999, he became the managing partner of Weber Goldstein’s Reading, Pennsylvania office, where he worked until Chartwell’s founding in 2002. Since that time, he has helped the firm grow from a four-lawyer workers’ compensation boutique with one office in Pennsylvania to an international, full-service law firm with more than 300 attorneys and nearly 40 offices across the country.

Chuck served honorably for 14 years in the United States Army Reserve as both an enlisted soldier in an aviation unit and a commissioned officer in the Civil Affairs branch. He attained the rank of Captain before entering the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR).

Philadelphia Bar Association

Pennsylvania Bar Association

American Bar Association

Workers' Compensation Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association

United States' Army Reserve, 1982-1996

Enlisted service 1982 - 1987

Commissioned service 1987 - 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)

The Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Haiti - 1995)

Course planner for annual Pennsylvania Bar Institute Workers’ Compensation "Handling the Workers’ Compensation Case” Seminar, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Mechanicsburg, PA, November-December, 2007; March, 2010

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.