The Honorable Charlton L. Allen has been an attorney for more than 25 years, and a mediator for over 15, Charlton is a highly accomplished professional. He has practiced in a wide variety of areas of law in North Carolina–including workers’ compensation, civil litigation, corporate/business, alternate dispute resolution, and real property. He currently practices in workers’ compensation, constitutional law, non-profit and for-profit business law and governance, election and political law, mediation, and helping advise professionals on ethics matters.

Charlton served as a Commissioner of the North Carolina Industrial Commission from 2014-2021–where he issued hundreds of court decisions on cases including workers’ compensation, state tort claims, and eugenics compensation claims. While at the Commission, he served as Chairman/Chief Judicial Officer/Chief Executive Officer. As such, he supervised over 150 employees, including dozens of judicial officers who decided thousands of cases and contested matter each year.  Charlton’s leadership lead to needed reforms, which vastly improved the workers’ compensation system in our state, saved taxpayers’ money, and made North Carolina a safer place. One such example was Charlton’s leadership dramatically curtailed the opioid epidemic in workers’ compensation in North Carolina–leadership that is no doubt saving lives today.

In addition to his practice, Charlton is the President and CEO of a creative media company.