Profile

REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS

•        Fairfax Boulevard
Partnership (City of Fairfax
Boulevard Improvement District),
City of Fairfax, County of Loudoun,
City of Fairfax Renaissance
Housing Corporation, Brown &
Root, Inc. (a subsidiary of
Halliburton), The Charles E. Smith
Companies, Mobil/Mobil Land,
Miller and Smith, Pulte, Exxon,
Luck Stone Corporation, and
Crown Central Petroleum
Corporation.

BAR ADMISSIONS AND
ASSOCIATIONS

•        Admitted to practice before
numerous trial and appellate
courts, including the Supreme
Court of the United States.

•        Member, Virginia State Bar,
American Bar Association, Virginia
Trial Lawyers Association,
American Trial Lawyers
Association, and Local
Government Attorneys of Virginia.

RELATED EXPERIENCE

•        Commissioner in Chancery
(hearing evidentiary matters and
making recommendations) for the
Circuit Court of Fairfax County,
Virginia.

•        General Counsel, City of
Fairfax Renaissance Housing
Corporation (non-profit
corporation providing interest-
free loans for residential
neighborhood revitalization).

•       General Counsel, Fairfax
Boulevard Partnership (City of
Fairfax Boulevard Improvement
District)

•        Special Counsel and Deputy
City Attorney, City of Fairfax,
Virginia.

•        Past member and Vice-
Chairman of the 10th District
Committee (the local grievance
body governing Northern Virginia
lawyers).  

•        Captain, United States Army,
Judge Advocate General’s Corps,
Republic of Vietnam.

EDUCATION

•        Bachelor of Arts, The Virginia
Military Institute

•        Juris Doctor, The Washington
College of Law of The American
University; American University
Law Review

Charles L. Shumate
Attorney and Counselor at Law