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Charles V. Muscarello, co-founder and principal of Denker & Muscarello, LLC, was raised in the Chicagoland area. Mr. Muscarello performed his undergraduate studies at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he received his Bachelor of Science in 1992. While at Miami University, Mr. Muscarello majored in Accounting; in 1997, he became a Certified Public Accountant.

Mr. Muscarello attended the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, Missouri, where he received his Juris Doctorate in 1995. In his final semester of law school, Mr. Muscarello interned in the United States Senate in Washington, D.C. As an intern for the Governmental Affairs Committee, Mr. Muscarello worked with the Senators to draft Constitutional amendments and legislation, and participated in subcommittee hearings on governmental powers, authority, and abuse matters.

Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Muscarello returned to the Chicagoland area and began private practice with the law firm of Drendel, Tatnall, Hoffman & McCracken, P.C. While with Drendel Tatnall, Hoffman & McCracken, P.C., Mr. Muscarello concentrated in the areas of civil litigation, corporate/transactional matters, real estate, and municipal law. During this time, Mr. Muscarello also served as the Director and Vice-President of the Batavia Community Chest/United Way, was a Director of the Fox Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross, and served as the Pro Bono Counsel of the Batavia Chamber of Commerce.

In 1999, Mr. Muscarello rejoined on a full-time basis an Internet start-up company effort that dated back to his final year of law school. Commerx, Inc. was a business-to-business Internet portal ("B2B") that sought to electronically integrate the procurement functions of buyers and sellers of industrial services, as well as of raw and indirect materials. Commerx's flagship portal, PlasticsNet.com, was inducted into the Smithsonian Museum as the first of its kind. While at Commerx, Mr. Muscarello operated in a role similar to that of a General Counsel in that he negotiated and drafted software licensing agreements with technology providers, created strategic partnerships with industry specialists, and contributed to the filing of an S-1 Registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an Initial Public Offering on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange.

When Commerx met the unfortunate fate of most other Internet start-up companies in 2001, Mr. Muscarello re-entered the private practice of law with the law firm Bochte, Kuzniar & Marresse, P.C. While with Bochte, Kuzniar & Marresse, P.C., Mr. Muscarello again concentrated in the areas of civil litigation, corporate/transactional matters, real estate, and municipal law. In 2003, Mr. Muscarello joined Michael Denker to form Denker & Muscarello, LLC.

Mr. Muscarello is admitted to practice law before the following Courts: Illinois State Courts (1995), the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (1995), the Federal Trial Bar for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (2006), and the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (2007).

Education
Washington University School of Law
St. Louis, Missouri
Juris Doctorate, 1995

Miami University
Oxford, Ohio
Bachelor of Science, Accounting, 1992

Certification
Certified Public Accountant, 1997

Admissions
Illinois
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois,
Federal Trial Bar
U.S. District Court, Seventh Circuit, Court of Appeals

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