Charles C. Bingaman is an independent consultant to CLE organizations, law firms, corporate legal departments and bar associations on professional education management and marketing, in-house training technique, and practice marketing.

From 1982 to 2002, Bingaman was Executive Director of Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education when that organization won awards in publishing, course design, marketing and use of technology in professional education. He has been a leader in the Association for CLE Administrators since the early 1970s, created its member newsletter in 1975, and has chaired its annual meeting three times. Bingaman is a frequent consultant to and speaker for law firms, bar associations, and the Association of Continuing Legal Education Administrators. In 2002 Bingaman received the Addis E. Hull Award for Excellence in Continuing Legal Education from Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education and the President's Award from the Association of Continuing Legal Education Administrators.

Bingaman served on the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Judicial Performance Evaluation from 1986 to 1995 and served as a Hearing Board Chair for the Illinois Supreme Court Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission from 1997 to 2002. He is a graduate of DePauw University and The University of Chicago Law School. Bingaman is based in Walpole, New Hampshire.