Craig Kyle Hemphill - Houston, TX

Craig Kyle Hemphill is the founder of Craig Kyle Hemphill Law Offices PLLC. Mr. Hemphill is a fifth generation Texanborn in Dallas on November 4, 1970. He has a decade-plus of academic and applied experience concerning the practice of law, as well as handling business related matters. Mr. Hemphill has served in governmental entities, international law firms, advised small to multinational corporations and represented individuals regarding general corporate matters, regulatory requirements and corporate ethics/compliance concerns within various industries (e.g., energy, construction, manufacturing, etc.)

Mr. Hemphill's overall practice involves handling complex small to large corporate and business transactions concerning, but not limited to, negotiating and structuring large-dollar construction agreements, handling professional service agreements, licensing agreements, finance and purchase agreements, software agreements and securities filings. Specifically, he advises clients in private and public sectors concerning construction industry matters. Such clients include owners, construction industry professionals and construction companies. Mr. Hemphill's expert transactional knowledge also includes structuring, negotiating, drafting and overseeing legal services regarding domestic and international projects involving general corporate matters, regulatory, and ethics compliance concerns.

Mr. Hemphill has commercial litigation and general business litigation experience, including defending and prosecuting construction disputes and tort related matters such as product liability claims.

Mr. Hemphill's public service record includes serving at local and federal levels in the capacity of Assistant City Attorney with the City of Houston's Legal Department/Contracts Division and as a Federal Law Clerk to the Honorable Kenneth M. Hoyt, United States District Court (Southern District of Texas).

Mr. Hemphill is a graduate of Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, 2009, Cum Laude, where he earned a Masters of Divinity degree in Theology and received the 2009 B'nai B'rith Award in Social Ethics for scholarly competence in the field of social ethics and personal commitment to social causes. Appropriately, his scholarly interests involve researching and writing about social justice issues such as poverty and cultural inclusiveness in relation to ethics, theology, morality, culture and law regarding human rights, civil rights and racial, gender and socio-economic equality concerns.

Mr. Hemphill's academic background also includes earning a Juris Doctor degree, 1999, Magna Cum Laude, finishing third in his graduating class, from Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University, where he served as Editor-in-Chief on the Thurgood Marshall Law Review, 1997-1999. Accordingly, legal analysis and critical thinking largely influence his academic thought in relation to examining intersections of the law, culture, ethics, theology and politics. Mr. Hemphill's legal scholarship leans on a mixture of religious discourse and legal rationales toward examining and explaining social justice issues in relation to poverty and altruistic goals of cultural inclusiveness regarding human rights, civil rights and racial, gender and socio-economic equality concerns. He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics, 1995, from the College of Business Administration, University of Texas at Arlington. Thus, economic understandings also influence his research and writing.

Mr. Hemphill's teaching experiences to date include serving as an adjunct ethics, business law and management and labor relations professor in the University of Houston Systems. He has also lectured in the areas of Tort and Constitutional Law as a Student Assistant during his legal studies at Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University. Mr. Hemphill has served as a guest lecturer in Christian History and Systematic Theology courses at Houston Graduate School of Theology.

Mr. Hemphill has published. He enjoys the distinction of his work cited as scholarly authority in the area of Tort Reform.Mr. Hemphill has primarily presented lectures on construction law matters throughout the States of Texas and Minnesota. In line with his ecumenical and academic roles, he has presented papers and lectures within the U.S. and internationally on topics in ethics and social justice in forums such as Prague, Czech Republic.

Mr. Hemphill is a licensed and ordained minister in the Missionary Baptist tradition (Southern and National Baptist Conferences). Reverend Hemphill has served as an associate minister at numerous local church congregations in Dallas and Houston. His roles in the church include serving on boards (e.g., board of Christian education), charring various men's ministries, serving as a Sunday school teacher and providing legal representation to church congregations as corporate counsel. Reverend is also the founder of several non-profit entities, Sober Cup Coffee Foundation, Project F.O.R.K. L.I.F.T. Foundation and The Golden Rule Legal Foundation, all of which serve as social justice ministries.

Mr. Hemphill holds licenses to practice law and appear before federal and state courts. His law licenses include the privilege to appear before the United States Supreme Court, the District of Minnesota, the Northern and Southern Districts of Texas, the State Bar of Minnesota and the State Bar of Texas.