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Charles B. Galvin
Office Partner-in-Charge
West Chester, OH
Office Partner-in-Charge
West Chester, OH
Charles leverages his first-chair trial and appellate experience in courtrooms to achieve successful results in complex legal disputes. He has significant experience as part of the firm’s Business Litigation practice group prosecuting and defending a wide range of claims. He regularly advises clients on a wide range of issues as outside general counsel, including unfair competition and restrictive covenants.
As part of the firm’s Government Services practice group, Charles advises townships, municipalities, school districts, political subdivisions, state agencies, and elected officials as law director regarding zoning, eminent domain, land use, taxpayer lawsuits, election law, sunshine law, § 1983 claims, and constitutional issues. Charles is also part of the firm’s Appellate practice group, and has helped successfully affirm or reverse trial court decisions throughout Ohio either by drafting briefs or at oral argument.
In 2017, Charles became the youngest member elected to the Mason City Schools Board of Education. He was re-elected in 2021, and has served as Board President for four of the past five years. He also serves on the Ohio Supreme Court’s Commission on the Rules of Superintendence, the Butler County Bar Association’s Grievance Committee, and is a graduate of Leadership Warren County.
University of Notre Dame Law School, J.D.
Notre Dame Law School Student Bar Association
Barristers Moot Court Team
Edward F. Barrett Award
Xavier University, B.A., English
Supreme Court of the United States
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of Ohio
The Best Lawyers in America® – Litigation – Real Estate, 2026
The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch®, Litigation – Labor and Employment, 2021-2025; Litigation – Real Estate, 2021-2025
Selected for inclusion in “Ohio Leading Lawyers,” presented by Ohio Business Magazine, 2024
Selected for inclusion in the Cincinnati Business Courier’s “40 Under 40” for 2024
Ohio Rising Stars®, 2017-2023
April 22, 2024 | Publications
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January 23, 2024 | Press Releases
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November 28, 2023 | Publications
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December 9, 2022 | Publications
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September 30, 2022 | Publications
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May 6, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
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April 20, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
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April 3, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
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March 23, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
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March 23, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
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May 24, 2018 | Publications
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