Craig Cherry is an award-winning trial lawyer. Over the course of his career, Craig’s clients have included individuals and families, small and midsize businesses, local governments, and Fortune 500 companies.
Craig maintains a nationwide trial practice with a focus on complex civil litigation including catastrophic personal injury litigation, wrongful death litigation, business litigation, and intellectual property litigation. Craig has been counsel on cases that have resulted in over $2 billion in verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients, and was recognized by The National Law Journal as having obtained one of the largest product liability verdicts in the country.
Craig has been repeatedly selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America. He has also been recognized by his peers as a Texas Super Lawyer for over 10 years and, prior to that, as a Texas Rising Star. Craig has also been named as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers by The National Trial Lawyers and previously as one of the Top 40 Under 40 trial lawyers by The National Trial Lawyers.
Craig is Board Certified in Civil Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is also board-certified in both Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Craig has been appointed by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization to serve as a Member of the Personal Injury Trial Law Exam Commission and the Civil Trial Law Advisory Commission. He was honored to receive the Tom Garner Award in 2023 from the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, which recognizes a TBLS attorney “who best epitomizes the best ideals of voluntary service by their knowledge, dedication, hard work and integrity.” Craig has also earned and maintained an AV Preeminent peer-review rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
Outside of the practice of law, Craig enjoys fly fishing, traveling, and spending time with his wife and daughters.
Education
- Baylor University School of Law, J.D., cum laude
- Baylor University Hankamer School of Business, B.B.A. Finance
Bar & Court Admissions
- Licensed in Texas
- United States District Court for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Areas of practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Personal Injury
- Intellectual Property
- Local Counsel
Honors & Awards
- AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell
- Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers, Personal Injury Law, 2021-present
- Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2013-present
- Texas Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
- Litigation Counsel of America, Senior Fellow
- Super Lawyers Rising Stars, Thomson Reuters, 2005-2006, 2008-2013
- Top 100 Trial Lawyer, National Trial Lawyers Association, 2015-present
- Tom Garner Award, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2023
- “Top 40 under 40” Trial Lawyer, National Trial Lawyers Association, 2012-2014
- Outstanding Young Lawyer, Waco-McLennan County Bar Association, 2005
Professional & Community Involvement
- State Bar of Texas, Director
- The Texas Lyceum, Director
- Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
- Alliance for Judicial Funding, Inc., Board Member of nonprofit, nonpartisan group that assists the legislative efforts of the state judiciary
- Texas Board of Legal Specialization Personal Injury Trial Law Exam Commission, Member
- Texas Board of Legal Specialization Civil Trial Law Advisory Commission, Member
- Editorial Board for The Advocate, quarterly journal publication of the Litigation Section of the State Bar of Texas, Member
- Litigation Counsel of America, Fellow
- Bar Association of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Member
- Litigation Counsel of America, Trial Lawyer Honorary Society, Fellow
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Contributing Editor to the General Practice Digest, Consumer Law Section, of the State Bar of Texas
- Editorial Board of The Advocate, the quarterly journal publication of the Litigation Section of the State Bar of Texas
- Litigation Section State Bar of Texas, Member
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Member
- American Association for Justice, Member
- Abner V. McCall American Inn of Court, Member, President 2014-2016
- Waco-McLennan County Bar Association, Board of Directors 2010-2015
- Waco-McLennan County Young Lawyer’s Association, Board of Directors 2003-2006; Treasurer 2006-2007; Secretary 2007-2008; Vice President 2008-2009; President 2009-2010
- Adjunct Professor of Law at Baylor University School of Law, teaching courses in both Consumer Protection and Remedies
- American Heart Association, Waco Chapter, Director
- Rotary Club of Waco, President 2015-2016, President-Elect 2014-2015, Secretary/Treasurer 2013-2014
- MISD Education Foundation, Director and Executive Committee, President 2015-2016, Vice President 2014
- MISD MAST Committee, Member
- LEAD (Leadership, Education, and Development) Mentor for area high school students through a program established by the Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce and the Waco Independent School District
- First United Methodist Church, Member, Administrative Board and Finance Committee
