Charles Z. Schalk is a trial attorney and co-managing partner with Mauro, Savo, Camerino, Grant & Schalk where he heads up an active litigation practice. Mr. Schalk has lectured on his practice areas in a number of different forums including several appearances on network television on panel shows and broadcast news to discuss current legal issues. In addition, his work and writings have been published in several different journals and publications. Mr. Schalk was twice appointed by the New Jersey Supreme Court, to serve on the Vicinage XIII Ethics Committee and then the Vicinage XIII Fee Arbitration Committee.  Mr. Schalk has been appointed to the State roster of qualified and court-approved mediators by the State of New Jersey Office of Dispute Settlement. 

In the summer of 2010, Mr. Schalk obtained a $3.6 million verdict on behalf of his client in a whistleblower case after an eight-day jury trial in Essex County.  The jury awarded Mr. Schalk's client $442,624 in back wages, $2,863,857 in future lost wages and $50,000 in emotional distress damages along with prejudgment interest and attorney's fees.  In October 2010, the New Jersey Law Journal reported that the above matter was the tenth largest verdict in the State of New Jersey in the past year, and that the above verdict was the #1 largest employment verdict in the State of New Jersey in the past year.

On October 21, 2010, Hon. Dennis Carey, J.S.C. stated the following regarding Mr. Schalk's trial work:

". . . Mr. Schalk obviously obtained a very successful verdict in a very very difficult case.  This Court had the opportunity to observe Mr. Schalk throughout the trial.  He certainly performed at an extremely high level in a case that was vigorously contested by Wachovia.  And to obtain the verdict that he did is a rare case and he was a very very large part -- his work in this case, I believe, was directly attributable to the large verdict that resulted in this case.  And accordingly, I think that if there was ever a case that the maximum enhancement should go to an attorney this would be the case.  And based on my observations of all the presentations in this case, I feel very strongly that Mr. Schalk's work in this case was at a very high level, a superior level and that if the 100 percent enhancement of the lodestar is in the rare case, this would be the rare case in which Mr. Schalk would be entitled to that.  That's obviously evidenced by the fact that I was initially willing to award him $1,150,000 in attorney's fees under the original judgment."

On March 21, 2011, after a three-week trial, Mr. Schalk obtained a $2.025 million verdict on behalf of a dental student against UMDNJ in which it was alleged that the student was expelled in violation of his 14th Amendment rights and denied procedural and substantive due process.  Nationally, this became the largest student expulsion verdict ever eclipsing the Zwick v. University of Michigan verdict of $1.72 million in 2005.  This judgment was fully collected two months after the verdict.

On October 14, 2011, Mr. Schalk was a featured speaker at the National Employment Lawyers Association Annual Conference presented by NJICLE during a full-day event entitled, "How to Win a Million Dollar Verdict and Keep It."

On June 20-23, 2012, Mr. Schalk will be a featured speaker at the annual national convention of the National Employment Lawyers Association in San Diego, California on the topic of "Top Ten Tips to Maximize Economic & Compensatory Damages in Employment Cases."