James Craig
office: (502) 238-9905
email: jcraig@tachaulaw.com
Born: Louisville, Kentucky, 1978. Admitted to bar: Kentucky (2004). Admitted to practice: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky and Southern District of Indiana, and all Kentucky state courts. Education: The Catholic University of America (B.A., Politics, magna cum laude, with distinction, 2001), Phi Beta Kappa; Vanderbilt University Law School (J.D., 2004). Executive Problem Editor, Vanderbilt University Law School Moot Court Board.
Associate, Frost Brown Todd LLC, Louisville, Kentucky (2004 - 2006); Associate, Tachau Maddox Hovious & Dickens PLC (2006 - 2007). Member: Kentucky, Louisville, and American Bar Associations, Kentucky Justice Association and Kentucky Defense Counsel.
Practice Areas: Business, Bankruptcy and General Civil Litigation.
Litigation Experience
James has based his litigation practice in Louisville since he was admitted to the bar. He focuses on complex commercial litigation and regularly represents plaintiffs and defendants in state, federal, and bankruptcy courts across the country. He represents a wide variety of clients in various disputes, ranging from business torts, fraud, and noncompete agreement litigation to class action, commercial, and general civil litigation matters. He also has significant appellate experience, and he routinely handles arbitration proceedings and hearings before various state administrative agencies.
James recently prosecuted a declaratory judgment on behalf of a regional bank against its former president and a competitor, arguing that various letters of credit were unenforceable because the president improperly obtained them. He also played a pivotal role in an arbitration proceeding against a medical group, arguing that an attorney fees indemnification provision was unenforceable.
James is very active in the Louisville community, serving on his church's leadership and finance committees and on the Vanderbilt Alumni Chapter's steering committee. Before law school, James served as a political assistant to the Rt. Hon. Ben Bradshaw, an M.P. from Exeter in the British House of Commons.