Charles Firth, Esq.

Serving Qui Tam and Fraud Clients Nationwide

Throughout his legal career, Charlie has maintained as his guiding principle aggressive and ethical representation in pursuit of the best possible solutions for each of his clients.  The diversity of Charlie’s experience helps him identify and address a wide variety of client needs.  While Charlie has consistently practiced in employment law matters, he also has experience in litigating cases involving government fraud (False Claims Act), consumer class actions, personal injury, sexual abuse, medical malpractice, legal malpractice and commercial disputes.  Charlie is a native Minnesotan who received his B.A. from Northwestern University and graduated cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School.  After practicing law in Washington, D.C., Cambodia and New Mexico, Charlie returned to Minnesota in 2007.

Charlie’s legal experience is broad, as he has successfully represented clients in matters involving federal and state False Claims Act cases in the health care, financial, military and natural resources areas.  He also has expertise in whistleblower, federal and state Fair Labor Standards Act wage and hour collective and class actions,sexual harassment, gender, race, disability and sexual orientation discrimination, retaliation, workers compensation retaliation, and FMLA retaliation.  Notably, Charlie has fought for his clients’ rights in high-profile cases of a national scope, including working to recover over $300 million from the oil industry in a Federal False Claims Act case, U.S. ex rel. Johnson v. Shell Oil Co., being appointed as class co-counsel in Dukes, et al. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., a national gender discrimination class action that stands as the largest private civil rights case in United States history, and bringing cases that resulted in the recovery of more than $30 million under the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act.  Charlie’s international legal experience includes directly advising the Cambodian government, non-governmental organizations and private sector clients in efforts to strengthen the rule of law, assist in rebuilding Cambodia’s judicial system and prepare legislation relating to the management of the country’s natural heritage, including its national parks and other protected areas.  In particular, Charlie advised and counseled multinational corporations on their compliance with Cambodian and international law with regard to labor, employment, commercial, corporate and contract matters.

Mr. Firth is an active member of the Bar of the State of Minnesota and maintains affiliations with the Bars of the State of New Mexico and the District of Columbia; he is also admitted to practice in the following federal courts: 

• United StatesDistrict Court for the District of Minnesota
• United StatesDistrict Court for the District of New Mexico
• United StatesDistrict Court for the District of Columbia

Among his accomplishments, Charlie has authored or presented on the following subjects:

Potential Ethical Issues Arising Out of Counsel Representing the Union and Individuals, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Attorneys’ Conference, October, 2000 (co-author).

Respectful Workplace or Hostile Environment?  What Does Your Team Look Like and What Must the Employer Do?, Minnesota Symposium on Terrorism and Emergency Preparedness, November, 2009 (co-presenter).

After the Crash, Minnesota School Bus Operators Association and Minnesota Association for Pupil Transportation Winter Conference, January, 2010 (presenter).

Returning to Work, University of Minnesota Medical School Survivorship Series, Moving Beyond Cancer, April, 2010 (presenter).

It’s Not Just About Sex Anymore: Effective Employment Law Training – 2011 and Beyond, St. Thomas University Multicultural Forum on Workplace Diversity, March, 2011 (co-presenter).

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