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	Craig L. McAra
Biography:	Craig McAra is an associate attorney at Gault Davison, PC. Prior to moving to Michigan, Mr. McAra worked as a public defender in the City of Atlanta, Georgia for three years. During his time as a public defender, Craig defended indigent clients facing felony charges and rose to the position of trial team leader, supervising and training other public defender attorneys. He prepared and contributed the majority of motions, research and resource content for a Georgia Public Defender CD-ROM, distributed in 2007. Since obtaining reciprocity to the Michigan Bar in December of 2007, Mr. McAra has moved his practice focus from criminal law to civil litigation.
Education:	Emory University School of Law Juris Doctor, 2003 University of Notre Dame Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology, 2000
Employment Experience:	Gault Davison, PC, Grand Blanc, Michigan Associate Attorney, December 2007 – present. Represent clients in all aspects of litigation and transactional matters. Practice areas include general litigation, landlord-tenant, collections, appeals, personal injury, insurance law, real estate law, automobile and motorcycle accidents and product liability. Fulton County Public Defender’s Office, Atlanta, Georgia Assistant Public Defender, February 2005 – October 2007. Represented indigent defendants in pretrial, trial and appellate phases of felony criminal cases. The Wilson Law Firm, Atlanta, Georgia Associate Attorney, October 2004 – January 2005. Assisted in the representation of clients in personal injury, bankruptcy and other areas of civil litigation.
Admitted To Practice:	State of Michigan, 2007 State of Georgia, 2004 (inactive) Georgia Court of Appeals, 2005 (inactive) United States District Court - Eastern District of Michigan, 2009
Professional Memberships:	Michigan Bar Association Genesee County Bar Association
Publications:	Product Liability for Lightning-Induced CSST Fires, June 2009 Fulton County Public Defender Motions, Forms and Research Bank CD-ROM, Fall 2007 Research assistant for: Pelagic prey and benthic predators: impact of odonate predation on Daphnia, Burks, Romi L., Jeppesen, Erik, Lodge, David M., Journal of the North American Benthological Society, v. 20:4, pp. 615-28. (2001).