Employment Law
First-Party Property Claims Defense
General Liability and Casualty Defense
Insurance Coverage Analysis and Litigation
Personal Injury Defense
Subrogation
Workers' Compensation
Cargo, Trucking and Logistics
Pennsylvania
New York
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Temple University School of Law
J.D., cum laude, 1992
Drexel University
B.S., 1987
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, investigation supervision, preparation and defense at arbitration and trial in both state and federal court.
Chuck was named to the Philadelphia magazine and the Pennsylvania Edition of Super Lawyers® magazine, between 2008-2019. This is 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 a 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, automobile, 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 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 the founding of Chartwell Law in 2002. Since that time, he has helped the firm grow from a four-lawyer workers’ compensation boutique firm with one office in Pennsylvania to an international, full-service law firm with more than 170 attorneys and 20 offices throughout the eastern coast of the United States.
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.
Selected to Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® (2008-2019)
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, investigation supervision, preparation and defense at arbitration and trial in both state and federal court.
Chuck was named to the Philadelphia magazine and the Pennsylvania Edition of Super Lawyers® magazine, between 2008-2019. This is 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 a 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, automobile, 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 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 the founding of Chartwell Law in 2002. Since that time, he has helped the firm grow from a four-lawyer workers’ compensation boutique firm with one office in Pennsylvania to an international, full-service law firm with more than 170 attorneys and 20 offices throughout the eastern coast of the United States.
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.