1. C H A R L E S E. W A L K E R, JR., ESQ.
BBO# 512740
297 Fuller Street
Dorchester, Massachusetts 02124
Chuckwjr8@gmail.com
(781) 975-6285
EXPERIENCE
Charles E. Walker, Jr., Esq. 2014-Present
Attorney at Law
Boston Law Collaborative Law Firm, Member of the Labor and Employment
Panel of Mediators and Arbitrators specializing in Alternatives for Dispute
Resolution (ADR), with a concentration in the areas of: labor and employment;
diversity audits, and Specialist in Title VII and IX and internal investigations of
employment discrimination, and all forms of sexual and discriminatory
harassment. Adjunct Professor Race and the Constitution, Employment
Discrimination
Commonwealth Of Massachusetts Division of Professional Licensure (DPL)
Chief Hearings and Compliance Officer 2007-2014
Chief Adjudicator (Fact Finder) and supervisor of the Hearings Unit for the 31
Professional Licensing Boards who, in turn license, and regulate the 340,000
licensees under M.G.L.c 112, section 1 et. Seq.
Deputy Director of Enforcement
Enforcement Unit Supervisor of the agency’s Investigative Unit (25
Investigators), Board Counsel (7), Prosecutors (12), and Hearing Officers (3)
charged to enforce the Enabling Acts (MGLc 112, sections 61-65) and
Regulations of the DPL’s 31 Boards Registration.
Charles E. Walker, Jr., Esq.
Labor and Employment Workforce Development
Specialist/Consultant 2006 - 2007
Individual contractor focused on workforce training and development. Internal
Diversity Audits; Investigations; Arbitrator/ Mediator/ specializing
Employment Discrimination, Sexual and Discriminatory Harassment in the
workplace.
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, Boston, MA
Executive Director 2005 - 2006
Chief manager, legal strategist and fundraiser for a leading national non profit
civil rights organization, working in collaboration with some of the state’s elite
law firms to provide pro bono legal services to those victimized by racial
2. inequity and social justice policy violations in the areas of Education, Voting
Rights, Employment, and Housing Discrimination.
Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents, Boston, MA
Administrative Judge 2000-2004
Worker Compensation Administrative Adjudicator presiding over lump sum
settlement conferences; insurer, child support, and division of medical
assistance lien disputes; third party settlement petitions, as well as formal
evidentiary hearings on compensation disputes to render FINDINGS OF FACT
and RULINGS OF LAW Final Decisions pursuant to MGLc 152, §§10A et als,
and 42 CMR 1.00 et seq
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, Boston, MA
Chairman/ Commissioner 1994 - 2000
Chief Administrator and State Official charged to enforce the state’s anti-
discrimination laws pursuant to MGLc 151B, §§ 4 et seq Title VII of the 1964
Civil Rights Act to oversee the leading Fair Employment Practices Act (FEPA)
Executive Office of Elder Affairs
General Counsel 1990 – 1994
Legal Counsel and chief legal advisor to the Cabinet Secretary Hon. Franklin P.
Olivier on all state and federal laws and public policies impacting Senior
Citizens of Massachusetts
New England School of Law
Associate Professor 1987-1991
Tenure- track professor (Subjects- Torts and Compensation, Administrative Law,
Legal Methods, Minority Student Advisor/ Co-Founder of the Charles Hamilton
Houston Enrichment program (1988 to the Present)
Office of the Attorney General
Assistant Attorney General/ Government Bureau 1980-1987
Represented and defended state agencies and their officials in matters
involving judicial review of agency actions and decisions. Agencies principally
represented included but not limited to: The Alcoholic Beverages Control
Commission (ABCC), The Civil Service Commission (CSC), The Department of
Education (Bureau of Special Education Appeals), The Registrar of Motor
Vehicles(RMV); and The Department of Revenue (DOR) Filed and argumed 19
appellate arguments before the Mass Appeals and Supreme Judicial Courts
EDUCATION
Juris Doctorate
3. Boston College Law School
Independent study (Labor Law, Comparative International Law)
London School of Economics
Bachelors of Arts, Political Science
Magna cum Laude High Honors
University of California, Santa Barbara
LICENSURES & CERTIFICATES
• United States Supreme Court April 6, 1992
• United States Court of Appeals, 1st
Circuit Nov. 5, 1990
• United States District Court (D. Mass.) Jan. 23, 1980
• Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Jun.20, 1980
• Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
Certified Trainer May 2008
Adjunct Professor
Courses: Legal Frameworks of Social Policy (Tufts University); Race,
Racism and American Law (Boston College, and New England School of Law);
(UMass Dartmouth School of Law) Trial Advocacy Workshop (Harvard Law
School, 1995-present)
Professional Associations and Affiliations: Past and Present
Fellow of the American Bar Association’s College of Labor and Employment
Lawyers class of 2007 •Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston (BBA) •Bar
Association Council Member 2006-08 •Member of the Board of Directors for-
the Museum of African-American History •Senior Executives in State and Local
Government •JFK School of Government Harvard University certification
program • The Boston Center for Adult Education •Roxbury Defenders
Committee, Inc. •METCO, Inc. President • METCO, Inc. Board of Directors,
Legal Advisor •Associate Editor- Massachusetts Law Review •Chair of Board of
Trustees-The Good Shepherd Church (COGIC) •MCAD Train-the- Trainer
Series EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION LAW (January 9-10 2008) •ANTI-
HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE (February 12,13,14 2008) •CONDUCTING
INTERNAL DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINT INVESTIGATIONS (May 14-15, 2008)
•Tenor Male Chorus The Good Shepherds •Head Deacon, Legal Advisor, The
Good Shepherd COGIC, Roxbury, MA
Hobbies and Outside Interests
Movies/ greeting card illustrator/ and avid Reader of Biographies/
African American Legal History and History of the Civil Rights Movement
