Craig & Craig

Name

Craig & Craig

Legal name

Craig & Craig, LLC

Website

https://craiglaw.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1868

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Mount Vernon

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Legal Services Billing: Traditional law firm billing for legal services including hourly rates for litigation, transactional work, and advisory services. Represents insurance companies in defense litigation, municipalities in corporate counsel roles, and individuals in estate planning, family law, and criminal defense matters.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Craig & Craig is a regional Illinois law firm providing civil defense litigation and counsel to insurance carriers, municipalities, employers, and individuals in Central and Southern Illinois. Core offerings include medical malpractice defense, workers' compensation and occupational disease (including federal black lung) defense, insurance coverage litigation, products liability defense, municipal and drainage district representation, patent prosecution and IP litigation, estate planning, family law, real estate, and employment law services.

Product overview

Craig & Craig, LLC is a regional law firm offering legal services across Central and Southern Illinois through its Mattoon and Mt. Vernon offices. The firm provides legal counsel and representation in various practice areas including general civil litigation, insurance coverage law, banking and regulatory work, commercial transactions and lease agreements, commercial and residential real property, trusts and estates, corporate matters, employment law, intellectual property protection and litigation, family law, and criminal defense. These are professional legal services, not software products or technology offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Medical Malpractice Defense Defense of medical malpractice claims for healthcare providers (physicians, nurses, hospitals) in Illinois state and federal courts. The firm has secured defense verdicts including a zero verdict for an emergency room physician in a two-week wrongful death trial after a multi-million dollar settlement demand (Hocking) and a defense verdict in a nursing home case under the Nursing Home Care Act and Wrongful Death Act (Lynch).
• Workers' Compensation and Occupational Disease Defense Representation of employers in workers' compensation claims, complex occupational disease claims, and federal black lung claims before the U.S. Department of Labor. Attorneys appear regularly at arbitration dockets throughout Central and Southern Illinois and have presented appellate arguments before the Appellate Court Workers' Compensation Division.
• Insurance Coverage Litigation Representation of both insurance companies and insureds in coverage litigation matters throughout Illinois state courts, including interpretation of coverage obligations and dispute resolution for major insurance coverage matters.
• Patent Prosecution and Intellectual Property Services Patent prosecution before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and patent litigation in federal courts, supported by two registered patent attorneys with engineering backgrounds (mechanical and aeronautical/astronautical). The practice also extends to trademarks, copyrights, and IP licensing.
• Municipal and Local Government Counsel Special and corporate counsel for municipalities, townships, and drainage districts. Robert G. Grierson serves as counsel for more than 80 drainage districts in Central Illinois, with services spanning drainage district formation, commissioner appointments, assessment levying, litigation, and representation in tort claims and road disputes.
• Family Law and Elder Law Services Family law representation including divorce, child custody, child support, adoption, guardianships, paternity, and elder law matters for individual clients and families in Central and Southern Illinois.
• Employment Law Counsel Counsel for employers on employment discrimination charges, retaliation claims, FMLA, OSHA compliance, sexual harassment investigations, wrongful termination defense, and HR policy development.
• Products Liability Defense Defense of products liability claims for manufacturers, including agricultural equipment and heavy machinery manufacturers, leveraging the firm's engineering-experienced patent attorneys for technical matters.
• Banking, Real Estate, and Commercial Transactions Representation of financial institutions in collection, bankruptcy, trust, estate, and litigation matters; commercial transactions and lease agreements; and commercial and residential real property counsel for regional clients.
• Estate Planning and Probate Estate planning, probate, trust administration, and elder law services for individual clients, including basic estate planning presentations to community seniors and probate practice tied to the firm's banking and trust work.
• Criminal Defense Limited criminal defense representation for individual clients, supplemented by J. Patrick Lee's prior service as Assistant Public Defender for Iroquois County.
• Alternative Dispute Resolution (Mediation and Arbitration) Mediation and arbitration services provided through Julie A. Webb as a Court Approved Mediator for the Second Judicial Circuit.

Quantifiable outcome

• Obtained zero verdict for emergency room physician in two-week wrongful death medical malpractice trial after multi-million dollar settlement demand
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Sarah Bush Lincoln Health FoundationminorOthers · 21 April 2018The firm was inducted onto the Donor Recognition Wall at the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Foundation's 29th Annual Inner Circle Recognition Dinner on April 21, 2018. Representatives Greg Ray and Bob Grierson attended. The hospital CEO noted the firm's role in a recent medical practice acquisition.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• SmithAmundsen: Illinois-based defense firm with strong workers' compensation, insurance coverage, and malpractice defense practices. Comparable business model of representing insurance carriers and corporate defendants across Illinois.
• Litchfield Cavo LLP: Regional defense firm with offices across multiple states including Illinois. Comparable in serving insurance carriers as defense counsel with a focus on civil litigation and professional liability.
• Brown & James: St. Louis-based regional defense firm serving insurance carriers, self-insureds, and corporate clients across the Midwest. Comparable regional defense-litigation model with similar insurance defense concentration.
• Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen: Peoria/Springfield-based Illinois defense litigation firm with similar practice mix in medical malpractice, workers' compensation, and insurance defense. Most directly comparable as a mid-size, downstate-Illinois defense firm serving institutional insurance and corporate clients.
• Cassiday Schade LLP: Chicago-based defense litigation firm focused on insurance defense, product liability, and medical malpractice. Overlapping practice areas and similar institutional-client orientation make it a comparable peer.

Broad incumbents

• Freeborn & Peters: Larger Chicago-based full-service firm with a strong insurance coverage and defense practice group. A broader incumbent that competes for similar insurance panel work and corporate defense engagements.
• Goldberg Segalla: National defense firm with significant workers' compensation, insurance defense, and professional liability practices. Larger incumbent competing for the same insurance carrier panel placements in Illinois.
• Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith: Large national defense firm with broad insurance coverage and professional liability practice, frequently retaining insurance panel work that competes directly with regional defense firms like Craig & Craig.
• Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin: National insurance defense firm with a workers' compensation and professional liability practice that overlaps with Craig & Craig's core service lines. Larger incumbent competing for panel work.

Regional players

• Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard: St. Louis-based regional firm with comparable business model focused on defense litigation, insurance coverage, and corporate counsel work for regional institutional clients.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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