- Wrongful DeathCraddock Davis & Krause is a Dallas, Texas based law firm with extensive litigation and dispute resolution experience in a myriad of practice areas, including aviation, maritime, general tort, products liability, FELA, labor and employment, insurance, bankruptcy, commercial, business, consumer, construction, real estate, oil and gas, wrongful death and other complex litigation. Our boutique trial law practice allows us to give personal attention to our clients and put our national resources to work in dealing with today's increasingly complicated litigation. As indicated below, the firm represents a variety sophisticated corporate and individual clients on a regular basis. The firm accepts (and encourages) referrals of specific matters from other lawyers and law firms and handles cases on a variety of fee arrangements tailored to each case. The firm also joint ventures cases with other firms when appropriate and serves as local counsel for firms from other parts of the country. The firm also maintains an office in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Information regarding significant cases in which the firm has been involved is available upon request.
- Corporate Law
- Business DisputesLoading... interference with business relations, business defamation and disparagement and other emerging areas of business litigation such as trade secret and non-competition disputes as well as real estate and oil gas related disputes. Combining his personal aviation background with his commercial litigation and transactional experience, Mr. Krause is active in expanding the law on purely commercial economic loss cases in aviation and other products fields. Further, Mr. Krause spearheads the firm's business law practice, serving as counsel to banking and insurance lenders on various loan transactions and has engaged in providing a wide variety of legal assistance in aviation related transactional matters such as aircraft acquisition, disposition, leasing and lending, minimizing ownership liability, warranty compliance, FAA enforcement actions and other matters related to the business of owning, financing and operating aircraft.
- Business Transactions
- Wrongful TerminationOur business litigation practice includes matters involving contracts, real estate, condemnation, deceptive trade practices, securities, labor and employment, wrongful termination, debtor-creditor, and business torts on both sides of the docket, as well as defense of product manufacturers in warranty and deceptive trade practices claims. The firm also actively represents clients in mediation and arbitration. We have also represented clients in bankruptcy proceedings and before administrative entities, both state and federal. Consistent with our extensive litigation practice, we are also engaged in business litigation emphasizing business tort and contract claims, including tortuous interference with business relations, business defamation and disparagement and other emerging areas of business law. We take great pride in creating a legal services plan tailored to each client's needs. Contact us at info@cdklawfirm.com to determine how our experience can help you.
- Premises LiabilityWe represent homebuilders, contractors, developers, surveyors, architects, engineers and property owners in cases involving all facets of construction law, including claims for allegedly defective construction and design, warranty disputes, latent defect claims and premises liability claims. The firm also has extensive experience in all phases of landlord/tenant and title issues litigation. We represent lenders, borrowers, guarantors, developers, tenants, brokers and realtors in real estate and lending transactions. We take great pride in creating a legal services plan tailored to each client's needs. Contact us at info@cdklawfirm.com to determine how our experience can help you.
- Construction LitigationThe Texas Board of Legal Specialization (TBLS) announced D. Mark Davis received Board Certification in Construction Law. Board certification is an accomplishment achieved by fewer than 10% of practicing attorneys in Texas.
- Real Estate TransactionsIn addition to our comprehensive litigation practice, Craddock Davis & Krause have an active full service business law practice. Members of our firm have extensive experience in aircraft acquisitions and sales, real estate, oil and gas, general corporate and partnership matters, financial and insurance matters. Our lawyers have represented individuals and business entities in contract negotiations, corporate formation and reorganizations, international business transactions, trust and estate matters, partnership matters, consulting and employment relationships, real estate transactions and operations, oil and gas transactions and operations, as well as a variety of other commercial and corporate matters. We have also represented clients in bankruptcy proceedings and before administrative entities, both state and federal. Consistent with our extensive litigation practice, we are also engaged in business litigation emphasizing business tort and contract claims, including tortuous interference with business relations, business defamation and disparagement and other emerging areas of business law. We take great pride in creating a legal services plan tailored to each client's needs. Contact us at info@cdklawfirm.com to determine how our experience can help you.
- Personal InjuryAuthor and Lecturer: "Legal Ethics in Texas," Lorman, 2007; "Plaintiff's Personal Injury: Practice Tips and Application," NBI, 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," 3 Vols Thomson Reuters, 2002-15; "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--.
- Estate Planning
- BankruptcySusan P. Crawford received her undergraduate degree Albertus Magnus College in 1974 and her Juris Doctor from the University of Arizona in 1978. Ms. Crawford was admitted to the Arizona Bar in 1978 and the Texas Bar in 1979 and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Texas in 1980. Ms. Crawford, under her maiden name, Susan E. Peters practiced bankruptcy law in Houston, Texas from 1979 through 1988 specializing in Debtor representation in Chapters 7, 13 and 11 including extensive litigation in the bankruptcy court. She was Board Certified in Consumer Bankruptcy Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization from 1986-1994.
- ForeclosureBorn in Houston, Texas, Ramona Craddock represents the firm’s clients in a range of collection and litigation matters including tenant, foreclosures and repossesions. She maintained an active volunteer schedule in school and community prior to joining the firm in 2007.