Background
McGovern, Charles Joseph was born on March 16, 1920 in Providence. Son of John F. and Julia M. (Duffy) McGovern.
McGovern, Charles Joseph was born on March 16, 1920 in Providence. Son of John F. and Julia M. (Duffy) McGovern.
Providence College (Bachelor of Arts, 1941). Harvard Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1947, Class of 1944).
Worked at McGovern, Noel & Benik, Inc. (Providence, RI) specializing in Banking, Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation, Corporate, Criminal Defense, Environmental, Estate Planning, Governmental Relations, Insurance Municipal Finance, Real Estate. Admitted to the bar, 1948, Rhode Island.
1949, United States. District Court, District of Rhode Island. Master in Chancery, 1970. Commissioner, Board of Public Safety, City of Warwick, 1965-1974, Chairman, 1967-1974.
Member, Judicial Council, State of Rhode Island, 1975-1987. Chairman, Judicial Council, State of Rhode Island, 1980-1987. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Member: Kent County, Rhode Island and American Bar Associations. McGovern Noel & Benik is a medium sized law firm located in the City of Providence with a significant regional law practice concentrating in the areas of banking, corporate, real estate, environmental, governmental relations and commercial litigation. The Firm is also a founding member of the State Capital Law Firm Group, organized by major law firms throughout the United States and Canada for the purpose of coordinating quality legal skills and resources on a national basis.
This affiliation provides the firm with a unique capability in providing legal services to its clients. (Member firms of the State Capital Law Firm Group practice independently, not in an relationship for the joint practice of law).
Chairman Public Safety Board, City of Warwick, Rhode Island, 1965-1974. President, board member Children's Friend & Service, Providence, 1961-1989. Vice president, legal counsel Naragansett Council Boy Scouts American, Providence, since 1976.
Trustee Rhode Island Boy Scouts, Providence, since 1986. Lieutenant, United States Navy, 1942-1946, PTO. Member American Bar Association, Rhode Island Bar Association, Kent County Bar Association.
Married Norma Jean Rioux, October 1, 1949. Children: Jeffrey C., Suzanne J. Fowler.
