Molly Craig is a partner at the Hood Law Firm, LLC. She focuses on trial practice in civil litigation and the defense of catastrophic product liability, professional liability, pharmaceutical and medical device, nursing home litigation, and employment litigation matters throughout the United States.
Molly has an AV rating in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory and is listed in Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America, South Carolina Super Lawyers, International Who’s Who, Benchmark’s Top Women in Litigation, and ALM’s 2015 Women Leaders in Law.
Molly is actively involved in various professional and civic organizations. She is a Past President of the International Association of Defense Counsel, a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, a former member of the Board of Directors for the Defense Research Institute (DRI, the Voice of the Defense Bar), a former member of the Board of Directors of Lawyers for Civil Justice, a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, a member of the Product Liability Advisory Council, and the National Coordinator for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor's project iCivics. Molly is a Past President of the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association.
Practice areas
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Court admissions
- State Bar of South Carolina
- U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit
- Supreme Court of the United States
Education
- J.D., University of South Carolina School of Law, 1994
- B.A., University of the South, 1991
Professional memberships and affiliations
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- President 2013-14
- Board of Directors, 2009–Present
- Foundation Board, 2007–2009
- Faculty Member at Civil Trial Advocacy School at Stanford University, 2007
- International Academy of Trial Lawyers
- Defense Research Institute
- Board of Directors, 2012 - 2015
- Steering Committee for Women in Law
- Lawyers for Civil Justice
- Board of Directors, 2012 – 2015
- South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association
- President 2011 – 2012
- Executive Committee, 2008 – 2013
- Association of Defense Trial Attorneys
- Executive Council, 2007–2011
- Chair of Diversity Committee and Meeting Marketing Committee
- Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- Network of Trial Law Firms
- Fellow of Litigation Counsel of America
- Lawyers for Civil Justice
- National Center for State Courts
- Federal Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Charleston County Bar Association
- South Carolina Bar
- Widows and Orphans Society of the Charleston Medical Society
Honors
- Charleston, SC Best Lawyers Products Liability Defense Lawyer of the Year, 2015-2016
- Chambers USA, 2013 – 2016
- Benchmark's Top 250 Women in Litigation, 2013 – 2016
- 2015 Women Leaders in the Law
- Recipient of Exceptional Performance Citation from Defense Research Institute, 2012
- Recipient of the 2011 Gold Compleat Lawyer Award
- Appointed National Coordinator of iCivics by U.S. Supreme Court (Ret.) Justice Sandra Day O’Connor,
Georgetown Law School, 2010 - Best Lawyers in America 2008 - 2016
- South Carolina Super Lawyers, 2010 - 2016
- 2012 – 2014 Top 25 in South Carolina
- Appointed South Carolina Coordinator of iCivics by U.S. Supreme Court (Ret.) Justice Sandra Day
O’Connor, 2009 - AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review RatingSM by Martindale-Hubbell®