Lawyer, Businessman, and Community Supporter Charles Nabit
Before beginning his career as a business leader, Charles Nabit studied as an undergraduate at the University of the South. A high-achieving student, he made the dean’s list and become a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. Charles Nabit graduated from the University of the South in 1977, receiving his bachelor of arts with magna cum laude distinction.
Mr. Nabit subsequently enrolled at Marshall-Wythe School of Law (now William & Mary Law School). While there, he become a member of the Order of the Coif honor society and served as associate editor of the William & Mary Law Review. Upon his graduation in 1980, Mr. Nabit ranked ninth a class of 134.
A few years later, an article Charles Nabit had written for the law review was published in the Enforcements of Judgements and Liens in Virginia law journal. The following year, after three years as an associate at a Baltimore law firm, he became the managing partner of the Westport Group. Still in this role today, he oversees the investment partnership’s securities and real estate interests.
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