Ep 237 | David Craig | Choosing the Right Lawyer & His New Book It's Never Been Easier to Hire the Wrong Attorney
The Lawyer Stories Podcast
Benjamin Gold
5.0 • 541 Ratings
🗓️ 21 September 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
The Lawyer Stories Podcast Episode 237 features David Craig, Founder and Managing Partner at Craig, Kelley & Faultless, LLC in Indianapolis, Indiana. David shares insights from decades of advocating for injury victims and dives into his new book, It's Never Been Easier to Hire the Wrong Attorney, which helps clients navigate today's legal landscape to make informed choices.
In this episode, David reflects on what motivated him to write the book, the common mistakes people make when choosing legal representation, and how his firm has built a reputation for trust and results. He also discusses the values that drive his work, the importance of educating clients, and why every attorney should strive to raise the standards of the profession.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the Lawyer Stories podcast with host Benny Gold. Lawyer Stories was founded in July 2017 on Instagram and is an expanding global network of lawyers and law students sharing their personal journeys to the noble profession of the practice of law. |
| 0:17.0 | Join us on this podcast as we dig deeper into these stories and hear from lawyers and law students from around the world in all areas of the legal profession. |
| 0:26.0 | Here at lawyer stories, we believe that every lawyer has a story. What's yours? |
| 0:35.4 | Welcome to the Lawyer Stories podcast with Benny Gold. |
| 0:39.3 | Today we welcome in David W. Craig, managing partner at Craig Kelly in Faultless LLC, located in Indianapolis, Indiana. |
| 0:48.3 | David is a nationally recognized trucking accident attorney with more than 35 years of experience, litigating catastrophic injury |
| 0:56.3 | and wrongful death cases, named a trucking top 10 and top 100 trial lawyer by the |
| 1:01.6 | national trial lawyers. David has received the Thurgood Marshall Fighting for Justice Award |
| 1:07.0 | from the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America. He hosts a podcast after |
| 1:14.7 | the crash and is the author of SemiTruck Wreck and author of a new book, |
| 1:21.0 | It's never been easier to hire the wrong attorney. That sounds very interesting. I'm very |
| 1:25.8 | exciting to discuss it with you, David. Welcome to |
| 1:28.4 | the lawyer stories podcast. Thanks, Benny. I appreciate the opportunity to be on your podcast. |
| 1:32.6 | Yeah, for sure. So let's, since it is lawyer stories before we get into about the book and all that, |
| 1:37.6 | very curious. You've had a long, nice, successful, and substantial career. |
| 1:49.8 | Start us off with your background, like where you grew up, and like what first inspired you to pursue law? |
| 1:50.6 | Sure. |
| 1:52.3 | So I grew up in Indiana. |
| 1:55.0 | It's where my office is headquartered. |
| 1:56.6 | I was born in Richmond. |
| 1:58.2 | And my dad was, it was interesting. |
| 2:02.7 | My mom was 17 years old when she had me. So she was a kid. |
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