Charles W. Craven, Attorney

Chuck is a renowned, respected, and talented appellate attorney with significant experience as a trial attorney. He devotes all of his professional practice to assisting clients and trial counsel across an extensive spectrum of federal and state cases. His services include the development and implementation of case strategy; the prosecution and defense of motions for dismissal, summary judgment, other dispositive and strategic pre-trial motions; providing assistance as appellate counsel on trial teams; and handling all phases of post-trial motions and appeals.

Throughout his 34-year career, initially as a trial attorney and later as appellate counsel, Chuck has been involved in the defense of hundreds of cases involving wide-ranging matters including motor vehicle accidents, construction projects, premises liability, liquor liability, medical and other professional liability claims, product liability, aviation accidents, employment and other discrimination actions, workers' compensation, and insurance coverage.

In addition to founding and leading our firm's Appellate Advocacy Practice Group for more than 26 years, Chuck has been an active and leading member of several national, state, and local appellate entities including:

Chuck was instrumental in founding and developing our firm's newsletter Defense Digest. He served as that publication's editor until 2002 and continues to contribute articles dealing with a variety of litigation topics.

Chuck is a 1969 graduate of St. Joseph's College (now St. Joseph's University) and a 1973 graduate of Temple University School of Law (now Temple's Beasley School of Law). He began his uninterrupted career with our firm as a law clerk in 1971.

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