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category: "Law Enforcement & Legal"
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created: 2024-04-25
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updated: 2026-10-14
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tags:
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- Person
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- PROMIS
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- INSLAW
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- Lawyer
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- DoJ
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summary: "Charles R. Work co-directed the 1969 PROMIS design team in the DC U.S. Attorney's Office, then served as Deputy Administrator of LEAA from 1973 to 1975."
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born: 1940-06-21
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location: "Glendale, California"
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---
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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]
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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]
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### Role in PROMIS Development
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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]]).[^3] The team produced the Prosecutor's Management Information System, deployed January 1, 1971, in the DC U.S. Attorney's Office.[^4] 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]
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A May 1971 overview of PROMIS prepared by Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co for the Office of Crime Analysis under LEAA grant 70-DF-047 records that the design team was headed by Joan E. Jacoby, director of the Office of Crime Analysis, and Work, deputy director of the Superior Court Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office.[^4] A 1985 White House announcement lists Work as Deputy Chief and Chief of the Superior Court Division from 1969 to 1973 and as Deputy Administrator of LEAA from 1973 to 1975, and a White House release of January 26, 1976 records that he resigned effective November 21, 1975.[^5] In April 1973 the executive director of the National District Attorneys Association described PROMIS as developed by Jacoby and Work, "assistant U.S. attorney," under a $290,000 LEAA grant.[^6]
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### LEAA Deputy Administrator
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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]
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### Later Career
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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.
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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.[^7]
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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.
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### INSLAW Litigation
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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]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Atlantic Legal Foundation. Charles R. Work - Director Biography. atlanticlegal.org.
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[^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.
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[^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.
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[^4]: Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co., System Overview and Report Formats for PROMIS (May 1971), prepared under LEAA Grant No. 70-DF-047, NCJ 32469. https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/32469NCJRS.pdf
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[^5]: The American Presidency Project, intention to appoint Charles R. Work to the District of Columbia Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure, June 10, 1985, https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/260238 ; White House Office of the Press Secretary, January 26, 1976, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, https://fordlibrarymuseum.gov/sites/default/files/pdf_documents/library/document/0248/whpr19760126-013.pdf
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[^6]: U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee No. 5, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, Hearings, Serial No. 4 (1973), statement of Patrick Healy, April 4, 1973, p. 454. https://archive.org/details/lawenforcementas00unit
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[^7]: Reagan Presidential Library. Appointment document, 1985.
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