Our Core Values

At the U.S. Naval Academy, Nate learned that integrity is doing the right thing even when it is hard. Too few attorneys live up to that standard. At Charles Legal Services, the Rules of Professional Responsibility aren’t just something we trot out when it is easy — they are the absolute minimum standard for our conduct.

We started good; we won’t stop until we’re great. We strive to improve our knowledge and our skills. We take hard cases for the opportunity to grow. We wade into new areas of the law and master them. Clients never have just one problem, and we never offer them just one type of solution.

We take calculated risks. We use superior ingenuity to find a way to “Yes.” We do not offer safe advice just because it minimizes our liability. We stand in the breach with our clients and lead them to victory.

American history is a long, messy, and enduring quest to form a “more perfect union” where all people are entitled to equal justice. Charles Legal Services promotes racial, religious, ethnic, and gender equity. It advances the causes of those who might not otherwise have effective representation or access to the courts.