PARTNERS
Michael J. Craddock (Member) born Amarillo, Texas, December 31, 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas, Oklahoma and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court; 1998, New Mexico and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Oklahoma; 2000, U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma; 2001, Alabama, Arkansas and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama; 2004, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, District of New Mexico, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; 2005, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma; 2007, Nevada. Education: University of Oklahoma (B.B.A., with distinction, 1983); Texas Tech University (J.D., cum laude, 1986). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Board of Editors, Texas Tech Law Review, 1985-1986. Member: Oklahoma Bar Association; State Bar of New Mexico; State Bar of Texas; Alabama State Bar; Arkansas Bar Association; State Bar of Nevada; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; Texas Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. Practice Areas: Consumer Litigation; Business Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Premises Liability Litigation; Subrogation Litigation; FELA Occupational Hearing Loss Litigation.Email: Michael J. Craddock
D. Mark Davis (Member) born Wichita Falls, Texas, March 19, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; 1987, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas; 1991, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas. Education: Texas Tech University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1982; J.D., cum laude, 1986). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Theta; Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Barristers, 1985-1986. Author: "HOW: Gone But Not Forgotten," Texas Builder, May 2001; Chapter 16, "Immunity Defenses," Architect and Engineer Liability: Claims against Design Professionals, 3rd Edition, May 2006. AV Peer Review Rated. Member: Dallas Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Attorney Council, National Association of Homebuilders and Texas Association of Builders. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Construction Law; Professional Liability.Email: D. Mark Davis
Kent C. Krause (Member) born Valparaiso, Indiana, March 17, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Texas; 1983, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Western and Eastern Districts of Texas; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., 1979; J.D., 1982). Listed in Texas Monthly Magazine as "Texas Super Lawyer" 2006, 2007. Author and Lecturer: "Legal Ethics in Texas," Lorman, 2007; "The Art of the Settlement," NBI, 2007; Plaintiff Personal Injury From Start to Finish," NBI, 2006; "Winning Your First Civil Trial in Texas," NBI, 2005; "Putting the Transportation Security Administration In Historical Context," 68 Journal of Air Law and Commerce, pg. 233, 2003; "Practical Legal Ethics in Texas," NBI, 2002; "How to Litigate Your First Civil Trial in Texas," NBI, 2001, 2004; "Airport Risk Management," Texas Department of Transportation Aviation Conference 2001; "Trying the Wrongful Death Case in Texas," NBI, 2000, 2002; "Aviation Law Update 2000," State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting 2000; "Texas' New Discovery Rules," Tarrant County Bar Association 1999; "Impact of Disaster Litigation on Aviation Technology," State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting, 1999. Co-Author: "Aviation Tort and Regulatory Law," WestGroup, 2002; "Analysis of the Department of Justice Regulations for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund," 67 Journal of Air Law Commerce 117,2002. Adjunct Professor, Aviation Law, Southern Methodist University School of Law, 1998. Counsel, Speiser Krause Nolan & Granito, A Professional Corporation, New York, New York. Member: Dallas (Member: Judiciary Committee, 1998-1999, 2004; Legal Ethics Committee, 1998-1999, 2004; Chairman, 1997, Sports and Entertainment Law Section; Member, Sections on: TIPS; Business Litigation) and American (Member, Sections on: TIPS; Aviation and Space; Business Law; Litigation) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Court Rules Committee, 1997; Vice-Chairman, 2005; Chairman, Aviation Law Section, 2002-2003); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Aviation; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death Litigation; Business Litigation; Products Liability.Email: Kent C. Krause
ASSOCIATES
Winston W. Edwards (Associate) (Admitted in Alabama; Not admitted in Texas)
David C. Hilyer (Associate) (Admitted in Alabama; Not admitted in Texas)
Susan P. Crawford (Associate)
Suzanne Bass (Associate)
David C. Routzon, Jr. (Associate)
Felicia A. Norvell (Associate)
Ramona Hobbs Craddock (Associate)
Eric L. Lindstrom (Associate)