Charlie joined Milgrom & Daskam in 2020 and focuses on serving entrepreneurs, nonprofits and growth companies from ideation and formation to early and later stage capitalization through mergers and acquisition. His expertise includes companies focused on technology, general business, and real estate, including affordable housing and new market tax credit development and financing. He also focuses on business transition and succession planning for small to mid-size organizations.

Most recently, Charlie was general counsel of the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority. Previously, he was the founder of Venture Law Advisors, LLC, a law firm focused on emerging Colorado and California enterprises.  He has served as a co-founder, CEO, CFO and General Counsel of private and public companies engaged in renewable energy development, medical device manufacturing, real estate acquisition and development, and retail and wholesale product distribution.   Charlie has practiced corporate securities law in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and New York City.

Charlie is passionate about leadership development, innovation and community engagement and serves as an adjunct professor at the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver, where he taught classes on entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation and career strategy. Charlie is also a board member of Urban Peak, a Denver-based nonprofit providing essential services to youth who are homeless or at risk of being homeless. 

Charlie holds a BA in experimental psychology from the University of California at Santa Barbara, MBA and JD degrees from the University of California at Los Angeles and is a University of Notre Dame Certified Innovation Mentor. Outside the office, Charlie and his wife Suzanne spend as much time as possible playing with their grandchildren, visiting beautiful beaches, traveling the world, and spending time in the Colorado mountains.