Trucking Accident Litigation: From Initial Response to Trial Strategy

David W. Craig, Managing Partner | Craig, Kelley & Faultless LLC

David W. Craig is the Managing Partner and a founding partner of Craig, Kelley & Faultless LLC, a personal injury law firm headquartered in Indianapolis with offices across Indiana and in St. Louis, Missouri. Board Certified in truck accident law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, David is a nationally recognized trucking litigation attorney with more than 26 years of experience handling cases against commercial vehicles on behalf of injury victims and their families, with involvement in trucking matters handled nationally.

• Education & Credentials

David holds a J.D. from Indiana University School of Law and a B.S. in Business from Indiana University. He is admitted to the Indiana Bar and the U.S. District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana, and is a member of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association for Justice, and the National Advisory Board of the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America.

• Recognition & Leadership

avid has been selected as an Indiana Super Lawyer every year since 2011, named to the Top 50 Indiana Super Lawyers since 2023, and recognized as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer and Top 10 Trucking Trial Lawyer by The National Trial Lawyers. He has been included in The Best Lawyers in America® in Personal Injury Litigation — Plaintiffs for multiple years, including the 2026 edition, holds the AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He also sits on the Board of Regents for the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys and received the Thurgood Marshall “Fighting for Justice” Award.

• Professional Involvement

David is a frequent speaker on trucking litigation at both state and national levels, including presentations for the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys, and West Legal Ed Center. He chairs and speaks at the annual Winning Truck Wreck Cases seminar, co-presented with his partner Scott Faultless through the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association. He is also the author of two books, “Semitruck Wreck: A Guide for Victims and Their Families and It’s Never Been Easier to Hire the Wrong Attorney — and hosts After the Crash, a nationally ranked Top 10 personal injury podcast.

• Experience

Throughout his career, David has focused exclusively on cases involving commercial vehicles, handling matters in Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Missouri, and Kansas. He has favorably resolved thousands of injury and wrongful death cases, and regularly takes cases to trial when insurers and trucking companies refuse to negotiate reasonably. He has written and lectured nationally on evidence preservation, liability theories, and trial strategy in trucking cases, and has been recognized with Litigator Awards for Truck Accidents for his case results.

Frank Ramos, Partner | Goldberg Segalla

Frank Ramos is a Partner at Goldberg Segalla and a nationally recognized civil litigator with more than 26 years of experience defending clients in retail, product liability, premises liability, trucking, insurance, and commercial disputes. He advises businesses across the hospitality, real estate, and retail sectors, and has taken numerous trials and arbitrations to verdict or award. A prolific thought leader known as the “Miami Mentor,” Frank is also a leading voice on litigation strategy, professional development, and AI-related legal issues.

• Education & Credentials

Frank holds a J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law and a B.A., summa cum laude, from Florida International University. He is admitted to the Florida Bar and the U.S. District Courts for the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida, and holds the AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

• Recognition & Leadership

Frank has been recognized as a Florida Super Lawyer since 2013, named to America’s Best-in-State Lawyers by Forbes in 2025, and selected for Best Lawyers in America in Commercial Litigation, Insurance Litigation, Product Liability, and Personal Injury Litigation — Defendants, including the 2026 edition. He was named Miami’s Product Liability Lawyer of the Year for 2020 and 2023, and Miami’s Personal Injury Litigation Lawyer of the Year for 2025 by Best Lawyers. He received The Florida Bar’s 2025 Mentor of the Year award and multiple leadership honors from the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, including the Andrew C. Hecker Award in 2024.

• Professional Involvement

Frank serves on the Board of Directors of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, where he has held roles including Executive Committee Member, Chair of the Diversity Committee, and Vice Chair of the AI Committee. He is a member of the DRI Artificial Intelligence Task Force and a longtime member of the Florida Defense Lawyers Association, where he previously served as President. He is a frequent speaker at national conferences for organizations including the ABA, DRI, the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, and numerous state defense bar associations.

• Experience

Frank has written more than 500 articles and delivered over 400 presentations to lawyers and claims professionals on topics ranging from trial skills and litigation management to AI adoption and professional development. He has authored 20 books published by the ABA, DRI, and the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, including From Law School to Litigator, Deposition Drills, and The Future of Law. He regularly counsels clients on AI adoption, navigating AI regulations, and litigating AI-related matters, and has been widely quoted in national legal publications including Law.com, Bloomberg Law, and Above the Law.

SESSION 1 – Plaintiff Strategy: From Intake to Trial | 1:00pm – 2:00pm

This session focuses on how to identify, investigate, and build trucking cases from the plaintiff’s perspective, providing a practical framework for developing liability theories, preserving key evidence, and leveraging expert testimony through trial.

BREAK | 2:00pm – 2:10pm

SESSION 2 – Defense Strategy: From Presuit to Trial | 2:10pm – 3:10pm

This session covers how to defend trucking matters from the date of the accident through the end of trial, addressing presuit strategy, accident investigation, discovery, and courtroom advocacy from the defense perspective.