James Craney

Background

About James Craney

James Craney is the founding partner of Craney Law Group LLC. His areas of practice include insurance coverage litigation and general litigation with an emphasis upon trial. He also has extensive experience with employment law, municipal law, environmental litigation, first party insurance litigation and complex business litigation. Mr. Craney is licensed in Illinois and Missouri, and all federal district courts in those states. He is also admitted before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Craney is on the board of directors of a local non-profit corporation. James has tried over 30 cases to conclusion. His practice has included a large volume of asbestos and other toxic tort matters in the litigation hotbeds of Madison and St. Clair Counties in Illinois, and the City of St. Louis Missouri. In addition, he regularly appears before the EEOC and Illinois Department of Human Rights representing employers throughout the administrative review process. He has obtained numerous summary judgments on behalf of insurance carriers in insurance coverage litigation, both in state and federal court. James has extensive experience with alternative dispute resolution, including arbitrations, both court-ordered and contractual. James has served as a panel arbitrator within the mandatory civil arbitration system in Madison County, Illinois. James obtained the Health Law Certificate from St. Louis University law school, and previously clerked with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General. Prior to his legal career, James worked as a statistical data analyst with Washington University medical school, and has published extensively in medical and psychiatric journals.