Charlene Kow, Member of Charlene C. Kow, PLLC.

I am a West Point graduate and former Finance Officer with the United States Army. I am currently an attorney admitted in New York and the District of Columbia.

I have been practicing since 2005, after admission to the New York State Bar. I was admitted in the District of Columbia in 2006. I look forward to expanding my opportunities to serve more of the area’s residents in the coming years.

As an attorney, I have over four years of experience, predominantly in civil litigation for defendants at the state level in New York, and some experience in DC and Maryland as a law clerk. Although the bulk of my experience is in civil cases, I have experience with criminal and family matters in the DC area.

In my prior life as an Army officer, I served overseas in the Republic of Korea as a Disbursing Officer and at Fort Jackson, South Carolina at the U.S. Army Finance School.

Education

The George Washington University Law School Washington, DC
Juris Doctor, May 2004 
Honors/Activities:

• Mock Trial Board (honor society)
• Advanced Westlaw® Certification in Legal Research
• Student Bar Association
  • Assistant Minority Affairs Director, 2003 – 2004
  • Budget and Finance Director, 2002 – 2003
• Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity

United States Military Academy West Point, New York
Bachelor of Science, Human Regional Geography (geopolitics), 1996
Minor: Systems Engineering 
Honors/Activities:

• Dean’s List, 1994 – 1996
• Gospel Choir Public Relations Officer, 1995-1996

Bar Admissions And Bar Association Memberships

Admitted In New York (2005) And The District Of Columbia (2006)
Member, New York State Bar Association
Member, Women’s Bar Association of DC

Legal Experience

Russo, Keane & Toner, LLP
New York, New York
May 2007 – January 2009

Fabiani, Cohen & Hall, LLP
New York, New York
September 2005 – October 2006

Maignan & Associates, LLC
Landover, Maryland
June 2003 – September 2005 (Law Clerk and then briefly as an Associate once admitted to practice)

US Department of Commerce, Technology Administration
Washington, DC
Summer 2002 – Intern

Military Service

Captain, United States Army Finance Corps

United States Army Finance School
Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Combat Development and Doctrine Officer, 1999 – 2001
Training Developer, 1998 – 1999

177th Finance Battalion
Camp Casey, Republic of Korea
Disbursing Officer, 1996 – 1997