Overview
Charles Throckmorton focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, class action defense, and employer-side employment disputes, with specific experience litigating cases involving trade secrets, software, breach of contract, vendor disputes, unfair competition, fraud, and cryptocurrency issues. In addition, Charles has represented financial institutions in lender liability and commercial foreclosure actions and frequently defends corporate clients in consumer class actions, including those involving the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
In the employment law context, Charles has represented clients in matters involving the FLSA, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), and other statutes. Charles defends clients in cases involving wage and hour disputes, FLSA misclassification, and allegations of retaliation or discrimination, and also represents clients before the EEOC.
Charles represents clients in the consumer finance, banking, real estate, transportation, telecommunications, cryptocurrency, electronic gaming, and pharmaceutical industries. Charles has experience representing individual clients in FTC enforcement actions. He has state and federal jury trial experience, including as lead trial counsel, and has represented clients in arbitration proceedings.
Prior to joining Carlton Fields, Charles worked at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, monitoring the International Criminal Court for the International Bar Association. A Miami native, he stays involved in the community through work with the March of Dimes and other organizations.