For more than fifteen years Bob Craig has guided his clients in the identification, selection, and retention of consulting and testifying experts for complex litigation.
To this task he brings more than 50 years of legal experience, primarily as an in-house counsel.
Mr. Craig’s legal background also includes time spent on active military duty and in private practice, having served as an Air Force JAG officer and US Air Force Academy professor, a law firm partner, and for nearly thirty years in-house for four major corporations, primarily in the position of chief litigation officer.
Because Mr. Craig’s experience with complex litigation put him in the middle of some of the most important cases affecting his industries, he brings a special insight to the search by trial attorneys for the “right” experts for each case. Further, his role as a leader in the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association (ABA) and active member of the International Association of Defense counsel have exposed him to a broad range of issues facing the business world.
Mr. Craig has helped place experts in all types of disputes, including antitrust, employment, contract breaches, environmental, securities, intellectual property, Qui Tam, white collar, defamation and others. In each search, he brings strategic, tactical, and practical experience to his work and, because he has managed significant cases in all litigation forums, he understands the comparable and contrasting processes in state courts, federal courts, regulatory forums, and all types of arbitration, both international and domestic.
Personally, he has an extensive background in complex litigation matters, ranging from major securities cases and significant international arbitrations to industry-wide antitrust actions and critical intellectual property cases. In addition to assisting in the selection of experts, he also has been retained individually as a court-designated independent in derivative litigation and is available for arbitration and mediation appointments.
Professionally, Mr. Craig held significant positions in leadership in the Litigation Section of the ABA, serving as co-director of the substantive law committees, co-chair of the Military Lawyers Committee, and co-chair of the Committee on Corporate Counsel, where he is recognized as one of the chairs-emeritus and has concentrated his ABA work. He is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel and an active member of the Texas Bar Association and in a retired status with the State Bar of Virginia. He is also active in other local and practice-specific bar associations.
Employment History
O’Donnell, Ferebee & Frazer, LLP
Counsel
2013 – 2015
Craig III Consulting, LLC
President
2012 – 2013
Charles River Associates
Business Development, vice president
2010 – 2012
LECG LLC
Director
2008 – 2010
Waste Management, Inc. (Houston, Texas)
Associate general counsel
1999 – 2008
American General Corporation
Vice president and associate general counsel; General counsel, AGFSC
1993 – 1999
First City Bancorporation of Texas, Inc. (Houston, Texas)
Senior vice president and associate general counsel
1988 – 1993
Tenneco Oil Company (Houston, Texas)
Senior counsel
1981 – 1988
Judin, Ellis & Barron
Partner
1979 – 1981
United States Air Force Academy
Capt. Judge Advocate
Assistant professor of Law
1976 – 1979
Sheppard AFB, Texas
Capt. Judge Advocate
Military justice prosecutor
1973 – 1976
The Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Virginia)
Sports editor
1971 – 1973
Professional Affiliations
Virginia Bar Association, 1973, retired
Texas State Bar, 1975
American Bar Association
Member of Leadership, Section of Litigation 2005 – 2009, 2012 – 2013
Co-chairman, Committee on Corporate Counsel, 2005 – 2008
Co-director, Substantive Law Division 2008 – 2010
Co-director, Military Lawyers Committee, 2012 – 2013
International Association of Defense Counsel, admitted by invitation 2002
The Woodlands Bar Association
Credentials
Admitted to Practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Court of Military Appeals, U.S. Court of Claims, and various Federal Circuit and district courts
Community/Civic Involvement
Addison & Randolf Clark Society, Texas Christian University
Chair, 2001 – 2003
Board member, 1997 – 2001
National Alumni Board, Texas Christian University
Member, 2003 – 2005
Chancellor’s Council and Houston Chancellor’s Council, Texas Christian University
Member, 2005 – 2012
CASA of Montgomery County
Past chair and member of board of directors, 2005 – 2010
All-Ears Listening and Language Center
Board Member, 2020-2022