Charles E. Borden

Counsel

Charles Borden is a counsel in O'Melveny's Washington, DC office and a member of the Class Actions, Mass Torts, and Aggregated Litigation Practice. His practice focuses on the defense of purported class actions, political law compliance, and matters involving the intersection of law and public policy. As part of his practice, Charles has authored numerous motions and briefs in connection with trial and appellate matters in state and federal courts, including appellate briefs before the United States Supreme Court, various State Supreme Courts, and multiple United States Courts of Appeals.

Charles is also a member of the firm's Strategic Counseling and Political Law Practices. Charles's strategic counseling practice focuses on aiding major federal legislative efforts, counseling clients on federal and state political law issues, monitoring federal and state legislative and litigation developments, and participating in litigation challenging various congressional and state legislative redistricting plans. Charles also serves as General Counsel to O'Melveny's Federal PAC.

Professional Activities

Law Clerk, Honorable Robert B. King, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Admitted to Practice, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Author, On the Road to Litigation Abuse: The Continuing Export of U.S. Class Action and Antitrust Law, presented at the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform 2006 Legal Reform Summit (Washington, D.C., October 2006) (co-author, John H. Beisner); The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 and State Law Antitrust Actions, 20 Antitrust 1 (Fall 2005) (co-author, Ian Simmons); Expanding Private Causes of Action: Lessons from the U.S. Litigation Experience, presented at The Trans-Atlantic Challenge: Diverging Approaches to Regulatory and Legal Reform in the United States and Europe (Brussels, Belgium, Sept. 14, 2005) (co-author, John H. Beisner); The New Meets the Old: The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 and State Law Indirect Purchaser Antitrust Actions, The Antitrust Practitioner, Vol. 2 (May 2005) at 5 (co-author, Ian Simmons); Recent Development, Primary Elections, 38 Harv. J. on Legis. 263 (2001)