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Firm Leadership

Charlene E. Davis, Esq., Founder & Principal

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Charlene is the founder of Davis Legal Group LLC and leads the firm in its business and legal endeavors.  Serving as a Principal within the firm, Charlene has experience as a corporate defense attorney and in-house regulatory advisor to domestic and international companies.

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Charlene has successfully defended companies and individuals in a variety of commercial litigation matters ranging from products liability to complex contract disputes. Charlene practices corporate defense litigation in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.  Her case portfolio includes matters related to healthcare law, products liability, commercial disputes, white collar crime, and insurance disputes.  

 

Charlene has also clerked for the Strike Force Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania drafting legal briefs related to complex criminal investigations. 

 

As an in-house corporate executive, Charlene spent fifteen years serving as Global Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, and Senior Compliance Counsel for various pharmaceutical and medical device companies.

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Charlene has served as an adjunct professor, lecturer, and advisor for law schools in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.  She is also an Advisory Board Member for the Center of Compliance and Ethics at Temple University Beasley School of Law.    

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​Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey

  • U.S. District Court, New Jersey

  • Pennsylvania

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Education

  • Juris Doctor, Temple University Beasley School of Law

  • Bachelor of Science, Applied Economics & Management, Cornell University

  • Credential of Readiness, Harvard Business School Online

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Publications / Radio / Television

  • Featured Guest, Spotlight: Supporting the Development of Auto-Immune Disease Therapies, WIMG Radio Station and Cable Television  (May '17)

  • Featured Guest, Healthcare & Ethics in a Technologically Advanced Age, WIMG Radio Station and Cable Television (March '16)

  • Author, The Sisyphean Pursuit of Creating a Culture of Compliance, The Temple 10-Q: Temple’s Business Law Magazine (March '19)

  • Author, As A Consequence: Trending Transparency, Technology & Esoterica, PharmaTech Outlook Magazine (December '18)

  • Highlighted, Careers in Compliance, The Temple 10-Q: Temple’s Business Law Magazine, (January '17)

  • Co-Author, Pennsylvania Restrictive Covenants, Compendium on Trade Secrets and Non-Compete Clauses, DRI Publications (December '08)

Professorships, Faculty & Lectures

  • Program Faculty, Seton Hall University School of Law, U.S. Healthcare Compliance Certification Program (October '16, June '17, October '17, June '18, June '19, October '19, October '20)

  • Adjunct Professor, Seton Hall University School of Law, Masters of Jurisprudence Program, Stark Law (Spring '18)

  • Lecturer, Temple University Beasley School of Law, Intro to Compliance Course: Internal Investigations (October '17 & '18)

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Speaking Engagements (Abbreviated List)

  • Panelist, Temple Law School, Bridging the Gap: The Practice of Law and the Practice of Compliance & Ethics (April '24)

  • Panelist, 2020 PCC Virtual Conference, Speaker Program Thresholds, Benchmarking, and Best Practices (August '20)

  • Panelist, NALP Summit on Emerging Careers, Careers in Healthcare Compliance (June '19)

  • Panelist, ExL Events 9th & 10th Annual Aggregate Spend and Open Payments Conference (June '18 & '19)

  • Panelist, 2018 New Jersey Business & Industry Association Women Business Leaders Forum: Empowering Together, The Challenges Leaders Face (September '18)

  • Panelist, 15th Annual PCC 2018: CBI’s Pharmaceutical Compliance Congress, Behavioral Compliance – Using Behavioral Psychology to Make Compliance Programs More Effective (April '18)

  • Panelist, Seton Hall University School of Law, Building Diverse Compliance Teams (February '18)

  • Panelist, Temple University Beasley School of Law, Summer Compliance Fellows (November '17)

  • Panelist, Annual Porzio Compliance Forum: Compliance Monitoring and Risk Mitigation, Seton Hall Law, The Evolution of Corporate Compliance Programs with an Eye Towards Monitoring (February '17)

  • Panelist, Compliance Officers Panel, Temple University Beasley School of Law (November '16)

  • Speaker, Quintiles-IMS Health Client Conference, Managing Compliance Risks By Leveraging Healthcare Professional Data (October '16)

  • Speaker, Attorney-Client Privilege & Work Product Protection: First Principles & Current Trends (January '09)

  • Speaker, The Erosion of Attorney-Client Privileges, Insurance Society of Philadelphia (June '08)

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