Practice Expertise

  • Fiduciary, Trust and Probate Litigation
  • Appellate
  • Banking & Financial Institutions
  • Automotive Industry

Areas of Practice

  • Appellate
  • Automotive Industry
  • Banking & Financial Institutions
  • Fiduciary, Trust and Probate Litigation
  • Banking & Financial Institutions
  • Fiduciary Litigation
  • Financial Institutions Litigation
  • Litigation & Dispute Resolution
  • Litigation & Dispute Resolution
  • Professional Liability
  • Real Estate and Construction Litigation
  • View More

Profile

Pragmatic dispute resolution across multiple industries

Charles Harper is a litigator who has successfully represented plaintiffs and defendants in commercial matters in state and federal courts. He helps clients resolve disputes with an emphasis on:

  • Real estate litigation
  • Construction litigation
  • Automotive matters
  • Financial services matters
  • Appellate

Charles assists Quarles’ clients in every aspect of dispute resolution by always striving to understand the client’s objectives, then delivering strategies and solutions designed to navigate them to a successful outcome. An experienced trial lawyer, he is able to guide clients through every aspect of the litigation process, including appeal when necessary.

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois

Education

  • Northwestern University (B.A., 1995)
  • University of Illinois College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1999)

Areas of Practice

  • Appellate
  • Automotive Industry
  • Banking & Financial Institutions
  • Fiduciary, Trust and Probate Litigation
  • Banking & Financial Institutions
  • Fiduciary Litigation
  • Financial Institutions Litigation
  • Litigation & Dispute Resolution
  • Litigation & Dispute Resolution
  • Professional Liability
  • Real Estate and Construction Litigation

Professional Career



Articles

  • "2015 Year in Review – Recent Midwest Legal Decisions Impacting Real Estate and Construction Law"
  • "2016 Year in Review: Recent Midwest Legal Decisions Impacting Real Estate and Construction Law"
  • "SCOTUS Holds Restrictions on Defendant’s Closing Argument are not Clearly Structural Error"
  • "State Supreme Court Eliminates 'Test the Waters' Doctrine For Substitutions of Judge as of Right"
  • 2017 Year in Review: Recent Midwest Legal Decisions Impacting Real Estate and Construction Law
  • 2018 Year in Review: Recent Midwest Legal Decisions Impacting Real Estate and Construction Law
  • Developer Can't Recover from Architect for FHA/ADA Violation
  • For Your Benefits
  • Issue #2
  • Quarles & Brady Appellate Year in Review - 2018
  • Ted Yi, Charles Harper and Adam Falkof Write Article for GlobeSt.com About Four Types of Defaulting Commercial Real Estate Tenants
  • The Symbiosis of Mentoring and the Importance of Questioning Assumptions

Seminar

  • 2014 Year in Review: Recent Midwest Legal Decisions Impacting Construction Law
  • 2015 Year in Review: Recent Midwest Legal Decisions Impacting Real Estate and Construction Law
  • 2016 Year in Review: Recent Midwest Legal Decisions Impacting Real Estate and Construction Law
  • 2017 Year in Review: Recent Midwest Legal Decisions Impacting Real Estate and Construction Law
  • 2018 Year in Review: Recent Midwest Legal Decisions Impacting Real Estate and Construction Law
  • Strategies & Tactics to Address Defaulting Tenants
  • Strategies & Tactics to Restructure or Exit Problematic Leases

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