Craig A. Alexander
Partner

• Practice Areas
  • Employment and Labor
  • Casualty Defense
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Product Liability
• Selected Industries
  • Manufacturing
  • Banking, Mortgage, and Financial Services
  • Hospitality and Leisure
• News
  • Craig Alexander Named to Alabama Super Lawyers
• Clients
  • Regions Financial Corporation
  • USG Corporation
  • Nucor Steel Birmingham
• Jurisdictions
  • Alabama

Craig Alexander primarily represents clients in the areas of commercial litigation, labor and employment, and product liability. He also has substantial experience defending a variety of personal injury and wrongful death claims, including those arising from automobile and truck accidents and from injuries involving telecommunications facilities. As lead counsel, he has tried over 40 jury cases to verdict and more than 100 non-jury cases to judgment.

Craig’s commercial litigation practice includes the representation of individuals and companies in an array of commercial disputes, including cases involving claims for breach of contract, fraud, negligence, and intentional interference with contractual relations. He also has experience in prosecuting and defending actions seeking temporary restraining orders and other injunctive relief arising out of commercial disputes. His commercial practice has included defending cases involving sales commission contracts, construction and construction loan contracts, advertising contracts, and mortgage servicing practices.

The representation of clients in labor and employment cases is another aspect of Craig’s practice. He has represented clients in cases involving alleged violations of collective bargaining agreements, claims for workers’ compensation benefits and for retaliatory termination, and claims asserting co-employee liability for workplace injuries. He has also successfully represented clients in cases alleging race, gender, pregnancy and age discrimination.

Defending clients in product liability lawsuits comprises another portion of Craig’s practice. He has experience defending manufacturers of a variety of products, including automobiles and automotive parts, woodworking machinery and other industrial products, consumer products and agricultural equipment.

Outside of his litigation practice, Craig has served as an adjunct professor of Mass Communications Law at Cumberland School of Law and he has participated in the Volunteer Lawyers Program of the Birmingham Bar Association since 1994. He also has regularly participated as a judge at the Herbert W. Peterson National Trial Competition at Cumberland School of Law and has authored amicus curiae briefs for the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association. Craig also serves as a guest lecturer for the Philosophy Department at the University of Alabama, where he assists Professor Norvin Richards with his Philosophical Issues in Civil Law class.