Craig Myers represents companies and individuals in a variety of litigation matters, including catastrophic personal injury, transportation, premises and products liability, and insurance defense.

Craig Myers represents companies and individuals in a variety of litigation matters, including catastrophic

personal injury, transportation, premises and products liability, and insurance defense. Mr. Myers places a strong emphasis on early case investigation and analysis, which allows his clients to make the best strategic decisions at every stage of the litigation.

Mr. Myers was born and raised in Dallas, and he graduated from Texas A&M University in 1993. He

spent three years working in a diagnostic microbiology laboratory at the University of Texas Southwestern

Medical Center before attending Boston University School of Law. After graduation, he moved back to Dallas

and spent more than 15 years working at a large law firm, where he accumulated a variety of litigation experience in the tort, commercial litigation and financial services areas. Mr. Myers’ personal experience in defending medical malpractice cases allows him to be very effective in defending serious personal injury matters wherein medical causation of catastrophic damages are at issue.

Mr. Myers also spent three months in the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office, as part of the “Lawyers on

Loan” program. There, he prosecuted misdemeanor cases and gained valuable courtroom experience, which

he has since applied to his civil practice.

Mr. Myers joined Fee, Smith, Sharp & Vitullo, LLP, in 2015. His wife, Kallie, is also an attorney and serves as general counsel for Petrus Trust Company. They have three children.

Representative Matters

Obtained unanimous defense jury verdict in a case involving multimillion-dollar damages, in which the jury found that a hypertensive patient had been properly treated.

Obtained unanimous defense jury verdict involving a radiologist’s alleged failure to properly diagnose a foot fracture in the emergency department.

Obtained jury verdict involving a punctured bladder resulting from a hernia operation in which the patient claimed the nurse failed to take appropriate preoperative measures.

Obtained complete dismissal of hospital from lawsuit alleging that physician defendants were

the actual and/or ostensible agents of the hospital in which they practiced.

Presentations and Publications

2020:  Deposing Experts:  Plaintiff’s Treating Physician – Texas Association of Defense Counsel CLE (written and oral presentation)

2019:  Civil Liability for Criminal Acts in Personal Injury Cases – Texas Bar CLE Advanced Personal Injury Law (oral presentation)

2017:  Dram Shop Laws – Texas Bar CLE Advanced Personal Injury Texas (oral presentation)

2009:  EMTALA: The Latest on Surveys and Suits – Texas Health Law Conference (written presentation, co-authored with Brian Hamilton)

2007:  Henderson v. Medical Center Enterprise: Admissibility of CMS Investigation Materials in Private EMTALA Causes of Action, Health Industry Online

2006:  Section 166.046 of the Texas Futile Care Law, Health Industry Online

2006:  Risk Avoidance and Patient Relations – oral and written presentation to United Regional Health Care System, Inc.

2003:  Defending the Obstetric Medical Malpractice Lawsuit – oral and written presentation to United Regional Health Care System, Inc.

2002: An Introduction to the Anatomy of a Medical Negligence Suit – oral and written presentation to United Regional Health Care System, Inc.