Thomas E. Crafton | 502-815-5000 | E-mail | Download vCard | Licensed in KY and OH
Fidelity & Surety Law and Construction Law

Thomas E. Crafton is a founding shareholder in the firm practicing primarily in the Louisville, Kentucky office. Tom is licensed to practice in Kentucky and Ohio. He is admitted in U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky.

Thomas E. Crafton received his B.S. in 1972 from Western Kentucky University. He then attended the University of Kentucky College of Law and later received his J.D. from the Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis.

Tom grew up in a construction family where he gained hands-on knowledge of residential and light commercial construction. Upon graduating from Western Kentucky, Tom began a career in the insurance industry where his primary emphasis was on construction-related damages and coverages. As a property and casualty claims adjuster, he attended construction school and developed skills as a construction damage estimator. As a contract surety claims supervisor and later as Assistant Vice President of two major sureties, he personally handled, supervised and offered litigation assistance in construction disputes of every conceivable nature, size and complexity.

Tom is a member of the American Bar Association, the American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry, the Fidelity & Surety Law Committee of the Tort and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar (former Kentucky State Committee Chair), the Surety Claims Institute, the National Bond Claims Association, and Eastern Bond Claims Review. Tom is a member of the Public Contracts and Construction Section of the Kentucky Bar Association. Tom has lectured extensively in the area of construction law, fidelity/surety law and claims and litigation.