Charles H. Carpenter

Charles Carpenter is an American lawyer with the Washington DC office of the Pepper Hamilton law firm. He has a BS from Montana State University and a JD from the Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America.
Carpenter practices general civil litigation, and government contracts litigation. In addition, along with now-retired colleague Stephen M. Truitt, he has volunteered to serve pro bono to help Guantanamo captives, was transferred to Saudi Arabia in 2007.
On behalf of Hani Abdullah, Carpenter and Truitt sought a report concerning possible destruction of evidence by DOD and the CIA, in connection with the 2005 CIA interrogation tapes destruction, notwithstanding a court order not to destroy evidence.
Truitt and Carpenter also represented the Native Forest Council in its challenge of the Northwest Forest Plan for protection of the Northern Spotted Owl. They represented a class of people and institutions that had claims against Iran arising from the Iranian Revolution, which, while pending at the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, were espoused by the United States and settled.
Carpenter is a member of the bars of Montana, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1958, and is a member of the Rehoboth Carpenter Family.

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