Mary Agnes "Molly" Hood Craig

Molly Craig is the managing partner at the Hood Law Firm, LLC. She focuses her practice on civil litigation and the defense of catastrophic product liability, professional liability, pharmaceutical and medical device, nursing home litigation, employment litigation, pharmaceutical and negligence matters throughout the United States.

Molly has an AV rating in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory and is listed in Best Lawyers in America and in South Carolina Super Lawyers.

Molly is actively involved in various professional and civic organizations. She currently serves as the president of the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association, a member of the Board of Directors for the International Association of Defense Counsel and the National Coordinator for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor's project iCivics.

Practice areas

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

• South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association
  • President
  • Executive Committee, 2002–present
• International Association of Defense Counsel
  • Board of Directors, 2009–present
  • Foundation Board, 2007–2009
  • Faculty Member at Civil Trial Advocacy School at Stanford University, 2007
• Defense Research Institute
  • Steering Committee for Women in Law
• 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

• 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
• South Carolina Super Lawyers
• Appointed South Carolina Coordinator of iCivics by U.S. Supreme Court (Ret.) Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, 2009