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Craig S. Hudson
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Craig Hudson is the Director of the Professional Liability Department, Chairman of the firm’s Board of Directors and also a member of the firm's three-person Executive Committee, the governing body of our law firm that serves to advance and implement our strategic goals. In his role as Director, Craig manages a team of more than 120 attorneys who focus on defending clients in professional liability claims and suits throughout the firm’s 16 distinct areas of professional liability practice.
Craig joined Marshall Dennehey’s Philadelphia office in 1993 and has been involved in the firm’s management, both in Philadelphia and in Florida, since 1995. Over the years, he has served as the manager of the law clerk program, vice chair and chair of hiring, and as manager of the Philadelphia Professional Liability Group. In 2006, Craig relocated to Florida to manage the firm’s Fort Lauderdale office, and more recently, he served as the Regional Managing Attorney for the entire state with responsibility for all four Florida offices and oversight of all their practice groups. In January of 2020, Craig assumed the role of Assistant Director of the Professional Liability Department, and now works in Philadelphia while maintaining an office in Fort Lauderdale.
A trial attorney for over 30 years, Craig has litigated hundreds of cases in the state and federal courts of Florida, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, obtaining a majority of favorable jury verdicts in all three states. Over the course of his career he has defended lawyers, accountants, architects, engineers, real estate professionals, property managers, debt collectors, insurance brokers and investment professionals in matters pertaining to malpractice, negligence and fraud. He has also represented law firms, lawyers and employers in all types of employment related litigation at the administrative level and in federal and state court.
Craig is rated AV Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating for an attorney’s professional competence. He has also been selected numerous times to the South Florida Legal Guide – Top Lawyers in Professional Liability Defense. He is a graduate of Villanova University and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law – Camden.