Charmaine is a member of Barley Snyder’s Business and Real Estate practice groups. She is also a member of the firm’s Food & Agribusiness Industry Group, the Liquor Law and Land Use practices, and the Corporate Transparency Act and PA Annual Report response teams. 

Charmaine focuses her practice on business law, with a particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions. As an M&A attorney, she helps clients navigate the complexities of buying, selling, and merging businesses, ensuring that every transaction is structured to protect their interests and achieve their financial and operational goals. She works with clients across various industries to handle all aspects of a deal from due diligence and contract negotiation to post-deal integration. Charmaine also assists clients with general corporate matters, ranging from entity formation and dissolution to drafting and negotiating shareholder agreements, operating agreements, and other essential corporate documents. She is dedicated to helping businesses move forward, ensuring legal and operational success as they grow, evolve, and adapt. 

In addition to her work in corporate law, Charmaine has a strong foundation in real estate law. She assists clients with buying, selling, and leasing both residential and commercial properties, as well as handling land development and entitlement matters. 

With a passion for the food and agriculture sector, Charmaine has contributed to grant research and would like to expand her practice to focus on the business side of the industry, particularly contracts and supply chain management. She is eager to help clients in this space streamline their operations and secure robust, effective agreements that drive growth and innovation.

Beyond her legal work, Charmaine is committed to continuous professional growth. She is a member of Barley Snyder’s Practice Excellence Champions group, a team dedicated to ensuring the firm delivers exceptional service, quality, and value to clients. Charmaine holds a Yellow Belt in Lean Six Sigma, which enables her to implement process improvements and enhance efficiency in her practice. 

Charmaine is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Richmond School of Law and a summa cum laude graduate from Kutztown University. Before law school, she worked as a paralegal, drafting estate planning documents and assisting with real estate transactions. As a Clinton County native, Charmaine spent her childhood on a small family farm. During this time, she showed livestock in 4-H and was named 2015 Clinton County Fair Queen. She now resides in York County and enjoys spending her time away from the office reading, traveling, and spending time outdoors.