Michael J. Craddock, born Amarillo, Texas, December 31, 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; 1986, Oklahoma; 1998, New Mexico; 2001, Alabama; 2001, Arkansas; 2007, Nevada; 1986, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court; 1998, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Oklahoma; 2000, U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma; 2001, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama; 2004, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 2004, U.S. District Court, New Mexico; 2004, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; 2005, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma. Mr. Craddock holds the highest peer-review rating of AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5 by Martindale-Hubbell.
Education: University of Oklahoma (B.B.A., with distinction, 1983); Texas Tech University (J.D., cum laude, 1986); Phi Delta Phi. Board of Editors, Texas Tech Law Review, 1985-86.
Author: Note, "Unappropriated Water: The Amount of Water Remaining After Taking Into Account All Existing Permits at Their Recorded Levels," 16 Texas Tech Law Review 989 (1985).
Member: State Bar of Texas; Oklahoma Bar Association; State Bar of New Mexico; Alabama State Bar; Arkansas Bar Association.