Charlie Rowan

Experience

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  U.S. District Judge Howard F. Corcoran (District of Columbia)

  Sept 1980 - Aug 1981

  Judicial Law Clerk

  As sole law clerk to this respected federal judge, I prepared bench briefs and jury instructions, and drafted judicial decisions and opinions.

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  Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

  Nov 1981 - Dec 1986

  Attorney

  I represented a range of mostly corporate clients in all facets of civil litigation, including first-chair of federal court trials and appeals.

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  Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald

  Dec 1986 - Jun 1989

  Attorney

  I represented major construction firms in the pursuit and defense of claims related to delay, project changes and cost overruns, I was first-chair in trials and led settlement negotiations.

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  Unisys Corporation

  Jul 1989 - Jul 2014

  Assistant General Counsel

  I managed the resolution of a wide variety of high-stakes legal disputes in the US, Europe and Australia. I led teams responsible for resolving major disputes through negotiation, mediation, arbitration and litigation, including appeals.

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  Charlie Rowan, Attorney & Mediator

  Aug 2014 - now

  Mediator & Attorney at Law

  Charlie Rowan, Attorney & Mediator, helps people and organizations experiencing conflict find and implement satisfying, lasting solutions while saving them time and money, minimizing uncertainty and frustration, and respecting the humanity of everyone involved. Charlie created and is ever enhancing his trademarked "Mediation From The Heart®" approach to resolving differences. This process involves focusing on needs and interests rather than specific positions. An apt analogy is to people sitting around a table working on the same puzzle, as opposed to a battleground or boxing ring where new harm is inflicted with the goal of determining a "winner." Charlie's shared-problem-solving approach is ideally suited for couples — with or without minor children — contemplating separation or divorce, or conflict in the aftermath of divorce. It is also well suited to other kinds of family conflict, and for people in business seeking to create or preserve valuable relationships, or plan for succession or other major transitions or changes. Show less

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  BeyondConflict LLC — Virginia Hoptman & Charlie Rowan

  Jan 2016 - Dec 2019

  Co-Founder

  The mission of BeyondConflict LLC was to provide better options for conflict resolution than are typically available to small businesses, educational institutions, and nonprofits. Founders and Principals Charlie Rowan and Virginia Whitner Hoptman jointly helped people and organizations plan ahead for conflict and manage existing conflicts creatively, productively, and peacefully. Adversarial resolution of conflict is costly and disruptive. Outside litigation expense for the 200 largest US companies averages at least $115 million annually, excluding liability and settlement payments. Worse, these direct costs represent only the tip of the iceberg. The total is typically three to four times greater when opportunity and productivity costs, and broken relationships are added in. Too often, alternative dispute resolution options replicate the adversarial dynamic of litigation.At BeyondConflict, we viewed conflict differently. We helped our clients suspend the conditioned fight-or-flight response to conflict and engage with each other in order to: * Uncover new possibilities; * Generate outcomes that lower cost and create value; * Strengthen relationships; and * Prevent future disputes.The company mission was to help that happen for our clients. Our vision was, and for the founders remains, for this approach to preventing and managing conflict to become the norm.Today, for these services and more, visit Charlie Rowan, Attorney & Mediator or call Charlie at 703-435-2799. Show less

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  Madden Law PLLC

  Jan 2017 - now

  Of Counsel

  Madden Law specializes in complex commercial, financial-institution, and government-related appeals in the federal and state courts. In addition, the firm represents clients in challenges, under the Administrative Procedure Act, to federal agency actions, regulation and de-regulation.