ROBERT B. CRAIG is the partner-in-charge of the firm’s Kentucky office and Kentucky Practice Area. Mr. Craig represents clients in a wide variety of litigation matters related to antitrust, employment, construction, health care and other commercial matters. Recent cases in which Mr. Craig has been actively involved include:

• Miles Farm Supply, LLC v. Helena Chemical Company, 2008 WL 3010064 (W.D. Ky. 2008), aff’d, 595 F.3d 663 (6th Cir. 2010).  Summary judgment granted (and affirmed) in favor of defendant on claims for aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty and tortious interference with contract after hiring management employees of competitor)
• Turner v. Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, 2010 WL 1049849 (W.D. Ky. 2010).  Summary Judgment granted in favor of employer on breach of contract, promissory estoppel, fraud, and outrage claims arising from termination of sales manager.
• Kentucky Speedway, LLC v. National Ass’n of Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc., 2008 WL 113987 (E.D. Ky. 2008), aff’d, 588 F.3d 908 (6th Cir. 2009).  Summary judgment granted (and affirmed) in favor of stock car racing sanctioning body and owner of multiple racing tracks on Sherman Act Section 1 and 2 claims arising from refusal to sanction NEXTEL Cup race at plaintiff track.
• Carlisle v. Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, LLP, 521 F.3d 596 (6th Cir. 2008), rev’d, 129 S.Ct. 1896 (2009).  Determination by Supreme Court that appeals court has jurisdiction to review denial of request for stay of district court action pending arbitration by non-party to arbitration agreement.

Mr. Craig advises many clients on merger and competition issues related to health care, and has represented clients in civil and criminal investigations and proceedings involving the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice. He is currently the Chair of  Hoxworth Blood Center, a member of the board of the Beechwood Educational Foundation and a Master in the Salmon P. Chase Inn of Court. He recently completed service on the boards of the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Joy Outdoor Education Center, the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra (past president) and Isaac M. Wise Temple. Mr. Craig also is a past chair of Leadership Northern Kentucky. He joined Taft in 1981 after graduating summa cum laude from Duke University and receiving his law degree from the University of Chicago.