Charleen is a litigation lawyer at Henderson Reeves, a firm based in Whangārei, Taitokerau.
Charleen started her career at 155 Taitokerau Community Law, it was here that she was able to follow her passion of providing access to justice, with a particular focus on giving back to the community, especially Māori and Māori youth. At Community Law, Charleen covered a wide range of areas of law being duty solicitor, criminal law, family law and civil law. While studying Charleen volunteered at YouthLaw for a short time in 2008 and at Auckland Community Law in 2014. Charleen’s main practice area now is family law with some civil aspects. Her aspiration is to continue to serve the community and the lower economic groups.
Charleen is of Te-Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngati Whatua and Te Rarawa descent. Outside of work Charleen enjoys spending time with whānau and friends, fishing, softball, netball and walking in the ngāhere (forest).