Professional Experience
Craig Kaufman’s practice experience spans a variety of industries, including title insurance, financial institutions, heavy highway construction, industrial construction, franchisors, semiconductor manufacturers and various other types of manufacturers. Mr. Kaufman’s experiences include:
- Defense of a national title insurer in an action brought by a lender alleging breach of contract, fraud and breach of fiduciary duty.
- Representation of numerous insured owners and lenders in a variety of title matters.
- Prosecution and successful appeal of bid protest on behalf of a national heavy highway construction company where client was low bidder, but municipality rejected bid on other grounds.
- Defense of a national title insurance company in an action brought by a group of homeowners alleging breach of contract, fraud, failure to disclose and abstractor’s negligence.
- Representation of a major financial institution in defense of claims for fraud, racketeering, misrepresentation and conversion in Missouri Federal Court.
- Representation of an international developer against charges of misrepresentation, fraud, wrongful dissolution of a partnership and breach of contract.
- Representation of a national heavy highway construction company under the American Arbitration Association Construction Arbitration Rules in a dispute with an Arizona municipality concerning a multimillion dollar road construction project.
- Representation of a regional industrial contractor under the American Arbitration Association Construction Arbitration Rules in a dispute with an Arizona municipality concerning a multimillion dollar wastewater treatment plant project.
- Defense of an international franchisor against claims of breach of contract, territorial infringement and breach of contract brought by a franchisee.
- Defense of a produce packing plant in a lawsuit brought by a lessee alleging breach of contract and misrepresentation.
- Defense of bid protest challenging award of multimillion dollar construction contract award to national heavy civil construction company.
- Defense of a multilevel marketing firm against allegations of breach of contract and fraud.
- Representation of a national semiconductor manufacturer under the American Arbitration Association Rules in a dispute with a distributor alleging breach of contract, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and intentional interference with contract.
Education and Honors
- Washburn University School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 1982)
- University of Kansas (B.S., 1978)
Bar Admissions
Arizona,
1982
Court Admissions
U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 2009
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 2004
U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, 1983
Professional Recognition
Listed in
The Best Lawyers In America® (2001-present: Bet-the-Company Litigation/Commercial Litigation).
Martindale-Hubbell AV
® Peer Review Rated.
Selected for inclusion in the 2007-2012
Southwest Super Lawyers® lists (Business Litigation).
Professional and Civic Activities
- State Bar of Arizona (Member, Construction Law Section).
- American Bar Association (Member).
- Pima County Bar Association (Member).
- Law clerk to the Honorable Mary Anne Richey, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona (1982-1983).
- Law clerk to the Honorable Richard Chambers, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (1983-1984).
- Mr. Kaufman serves as primary outside counsel to a national lawn and garden equipment manufacturer and a publicly traded biotechnical/medical instruments manufacturer. He has participated as faculty in numerous trial advocacy programs sponsored by the National Institute of Trial Advocacy.