Charles ("Charlie") E. Rutherford is a founding shareholder, Chairman and the Managing Director of Rutherford Mulhall, P.A., a 21 lawyer firm with offices in Boca Raton, West Palm Beach and Palm Beach Gardens. His areas of specialization include Estate Planning, Probate, Trust and Guardianship Law, Real Estate Law and Corporate Law. Charlie is AV rated, indicating the highest level of professional excellence, through Martindale Hubbell's Peer Review Rating system.

Charlie was born in Detroit, Michigan. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan (B.A.) and Wayne State University (J.D.), where he was a member of the National Moot Court Team. He is admitted to the Michigan Bar, The Florida Bar and The Colorado Bar. He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, the U.S. District Court, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida, and the U.S. Tax Court.

Charlie is and has been very involved in the business community. He was named 2005-06 Business Leader of the Year by the Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce and is a former Board member of that Chamber as well as a continuing Trustee. He is the Past Chair of the Business Development Board of Palm Beach County (2005-2006), where he continues as a Board Director and Executive Committee Member. He is a former Board Director of the Economic Council of Palm Beach County, as well as former General Counsel, a member of the Northern Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce, a member of BLU-PAC and a member and Director of BIZPAC.

Active in the legal community, Charlie is a member of the Palm Beach County, South Palm Beach County, North Palm Beach County and American Bar Associations, where he is a member of the Business Law Section, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, and the Law Practice Management Section. He is also a member of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section and Business Law Section of The Florida Bar. He is a Founding Director of the Gold Coast Chapter of the International Association of Financial Planners and is a member of the East Coast Estate Planning Council and the Boca Raton Estate Planning Council.

Civically and charitably oriented, Charlie has served as Chairman of the United Way, is a former member of the YMCA Board and Executive Committee and Campaign Head for the Boca Raton American Red Cross Chapter. He is currently a Board and Executive Committee Member of the Schmidt Family Centre for the Arts at Mizner Park, Inc., and its Festival of the Arts/Boca. After a long absence, Charlie rejoined the Florida Atlantic University Foundation Board last year. Charlie and Ann have both long been active supporters of the Boca Raton Historical Society, and, along with two other couples, founded Boca Bacchanal, a food and wine Festival which from its first year has been recognized as one of the best in the United States.

Rutherford Mulhall, P.A. from inception has committed financial and personal resources to many charities and organizations throughout Palm Beach County. Today those commitments touch over 50 organizations. A few of the many are the YMCA, Children’s Place at Home Safe, Take Stock in Children, Florence Fuller Child Development Center, Friends of Abused Children, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Junior League of Boca Raton, George Snow Scholarship Fund, the American Cancer Society, the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, the Boca Raton Community Hospital Foundation, the Hispanic Human Resources Council, Spirit of Giving and the FAU Foundation.

Charlie and his wife Ann have resided in Boca Raton since 1973. They have two grown sons, Eric and David, and their daughter-in-law Kirsten, married to David. Charlie’s leisure interests include golf, tennis, reading, cinema and the theatre.