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category: "PROMIS Scandal"
created: 2024-04-25
updated: 2026-05-01
tags:
- Person
- PROMIS
- INSLAW
- Lawyer
- Attorney
- Government
- Washington DC
- Legal
- DoJ
summary: "Charles R. Work was Deputy Chief of the DC U.S. Attorney's Office Superior Court Division who co-directed the original PROMIS design team with Joan E. Jacoby and project manager Bill Hamilton in 1969, then served as Deputy Administrator of LEAA from 1973 to 1975 where he continued funding INSLAW and PROMIS expansion."
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Charles "Chuck" R. Work was born June 21, 1940, in Glendale, CA. He is married, has three children, and spent most of his life in Washington, DC[^1] (now retired and living in Naples, Florida).
Charles "Chuck" R. Work was born June 21, 1940, in Glendale, California. He graduated from Wesleyan University (B.A., 1962), the University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 1965), and the Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., 1966), passing the bar in 1965.[^1]
He graduated from Wesleyan University (B.A., 1962), the University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 1965), and the Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., 1966). He passed the bar exam in 1965.
In 1966, Work became an Assistant United States Attorney in the criminal trial section. In 1969, he moved to the Superior Court Division of the [[U.S. Attorney's office|U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia]], serving as Deputy Chief and then Chief of that division, responsible for prosecuting all local crime in the District, until he left in 1973.[^2]
In 1966 Work became an Assistant United States Attorney (criminal trial section). In 1969 he moved to to the Superior Court Division, the division responsible for prosecuting all local crime in the District of Columbia, as Deputy Chief and finally Chief until he left in 1973.
### Role in PROMIS Development
In 1973, Work became the Deputy Administrator of the [[LEAA|Law Enforcement Assistance Administration]] (via [[Richard Nixon|Richard Nixon's]] Presidential nomination and Senate confirmation) within the [[U.S. Department of Justice]] until 1975 at which point he became a partner at Peabody, Lambert & Meyers. In 1983 Work moved to McDermott, Will & Emery where he was the Partner-In-Charge of DC through 1997 (now retired).[^2]
In 1969, while serving as Deputy Chief of the Superior Court Division, Work co-directed the original [[PROMIS]] design team commissioned by U.S. Attorney [[Thomas A. Flannery]], alongside [[Joan E. Jacoby]] (Director of the [[Office of Crime Analysis of the District of Columbia]]) and project manager [[Bill Hamilton]] (then a senior consultant at [[Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co]]). The team produced the Prosecutor's Management Information System, deployed January 1, 1971, in the DC U.S. Attorney's Office. Work hired INSLAW to write the first version of PROMIS and maintained a close working relationship with Hamilton through the program's early years.[^3]
Following Nixon’s resignation, Work was close personal friends with one of [[Ford administration|President Ford’s]] speech writers and used that connection to encourage Ford to come out as tough on crime and career criminals (bolstering the LEAA).[^3]
### LEAA Deputy Administrator
In 1985, [[Reagan administration|Ronald Reagan]] appointed him a member of the District of Columbia Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure, the body that reappoints and disciplines the judges of the District of Columbia.
In 1973, Work became Deputy Administrator of the [[LEAA|Law Enforcement Assistance Administration]] via Presidential nomination by [[Richard Nixon]] and Senate confirmation, a position he held until 1975. In that capacity, he continued funding [[INSLAW]] and promoting PROMIS adoption through both direct grants and the [[National Center for Prosecution Management]]. Following Nixon's resignation, Work maintained close personal relationships with Ford administration officials and worked to encourage the incoming administration to sustain LEAA's crime-fighting programs.[^2]
Work has handled civil and criminal matters in state and federal courts as well as matters before various federal agencies, including the International Trade Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Office of the Independent Counsel. Chuck has on a number of occasions represented former government officials, business executives and trade association executives with respect to employment contract and compensation issues.
### Later Career
He is a former president of the D.C. Bar. In 1978, he received the Rockefeller Public Service Award for Administering Justice and Reducing Crime.
## Notable Cases
#### Wesley Jessen Corporation vs. Bausch & Lomb, Inc.
A patent trial in the U.S. District Court in Delaware involving contact lenses.
#### United States of America v. Quorum
A significant health care fraud case in the U.S. District Court in Tampa, Florida.
#### United States of America v. Lockheed Martin Corporation and Northrup Grumman Corporation
Co-lead counsel on behalf of the Lockheed Martin Corporation in which the United States sued to enjoin the merger of the two companies
#### Aristotle Publishing, Inc. v. CDB Infotech
a case involving data rights
## INSLAW
Charles R. Work hired [[INSLAW]] to write the first version of [[PROMIS]] for the [[U.S. Attorney's office]]. He appears to have been close to [[Bill Hamilton]] who thanked him specifically and profusely for enabling the PROMIS program to proceed.
In 1975, Work became a partner at Peabody, Lambert & Meyers. In 1983, he moved to McDermott, Will & Emery, where he served as Partner-in-Charge of the DC office through 1997.[^1] He served as a former president of the D.C. Bar and in 1978 received the Rockefeller Public Service Award for Administering Justice and Reducing Crime.
Work continued to fund INSLAW during his tenure as Deputy Administrator of LEAA.
In 1985, President [[Ronald Reagan]] appointed him a member of the District of Columbia Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure, the body that reappoints and disciplines DC judges.[^4]
During [[Inslaw, Inc., et al. v. The United States]] Work was co-lead counsel.
## MISC
Was appointed by the United States District Court as guardian ad litem of the Vietnamese orphans who survived a plane crash in Saigon in 1975.
Work was appointed by the United States District Court as guardian ad litem of Vietnamese orphans who survived a plane crash in Saigon in 1975.
### INSLAW Litigation
#### Footnotes
During INSLAW's litigation against the [[Department of Justice]], Work served as co-lead counsel for INSLAW, bringing his knowledge of the program's origins and his prior relationship with [[Bill Hamilton]] to the company's defense.[^3]
[^1]: [Appointment of Charles R. Work as a Member of the District of Columbia Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure](https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/appointment-charles-r-work-member-the-district-columbia-commission-judicial-disabilities)
[^2]: [Charles R. Work - Atlantic Legal Foundation](https://atlanticlegal.org/directors/charles-r-work)
[^3]: https://etd.ohiolink.edu/acprod/odb_etd/ws/send_file/send?accession=osu1487081370607576&disposition=inline
### Footnotes
[^1]: Atlantic Legal Foundation. Charles R. Work — Director Biography. atlanticlegal.org.
[^2]: Reagan Presidential Library. "Appointment of Charles R. Work as a Member of the District of Columbia Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure." presidency.ucsb.edu.
[^3]: U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary. *The INSLAW Affair: Investigative Report.* House Report 102-857, 102nd Congress, 2nd Session, September 10, 1992.
[^4]: Reagan Presidential Library. Appointment document, 1985.