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Charles J. Reitmeyer

Partner

Charles J. “Buck” Reitmeyer represents clients in crisis management and various product liability and tort cases. He focuses his practice on helping clients respond to catastrophic personal injury and property damage incidents and defending them in any resulting litigation. He also manages large portfolios of product liability and tort cases and has served as national coordinating counsel in high-profile mass litigation. In this regard, Buck routinely advises clients on various loss prevention, risk transfer, and litigation management issues. He also advises clients on general antitrust and trade regulation litigation, with an emphasis on franchise and dealer relations, unfair competition, and other business torts.

Buck has worked on numerous complex private antitrust and franchise/dealer relations cases, including class actions and multidistrict litigation. He has also represented clients in trademark, copyright, and general commercial litigation in both state and federal US courts, as well as in arbitration proceedings.

Buck rejoined Morgan Lewis in 2017 after serving as associate vice president and assistant general counsel at Aramark for nearly 13 years. At Aramark, he oversaw all of the company’s non-employment civil litigation throughout the United States, ranging from personal injury matters to complex commercial litigation. In this regard, Buck instituted litigation management guidelines, developed metrics for evaluating outside counsel, and implemented procedures and programs to handle Aramark’s litigation more efficiently. Additionally, he provided support to the Corporate Risk Management and Supply Chain Management teams and handled the antitrust and food safety/US Food and Drug Administration counseling functions.

Prior to his work at Aramark, Buck was of counsel at Morgan Lewis for more than 13 years, focusing his practice on complex commercial litigation, including antitrust, trade regulation, franchise/dealer relations, consumer protection and tort matters, and providing counsel on numerous antitrust and trade regulation issues.

Buck also acts as an arbitrator and mediator in various cases and disputes.

  • Duke University School of Law, 1991, J.D.
  • Villanova University, 1988, B.S.
  • Pennsylvania
  • New Jersey