Stites & Harbison, PLLC

C. Craig Bradley, Jr.

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"Excellent at explaining complex matters to his clients."

  - ChambersUSA 2010

C. Craig Bradley, Jr., has practiced law for more than 25 years. He is a member of the Business & Corporate Services Group. Craig's practice focuses on securities and corporate finance, investment banking, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. He represents public companies, investment banking firms and institutional investors concerning public and private securities offerings and investment transactions, mergers and acquisitions and broker/dealer and investment advisor regulatory matters.

Craig has extensive experience advising management and boards of directors of public companies on securities law and corporate governance, especially compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® (2006-2012) for Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law and Securities Regulation in 2012,  was named Best Lawyers' 2012 Louisville Mergers & Acquisitions Law Lawyer of the Year, listed in Kentucky Super Lawyers 2007-10 magazine, Who's Who Legal USA: Corporate Governance 2006 and in the 2007, 2010 and 2011 editions of Chambers USA, "America's Leading Lawyers for Business."

Recent Assignments

• Seller counsel for acquisition of Steel Technologies Inc. by Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc.
• Seller counsel for acquisition of S.P.I. Dynamics Incorporated by Hewlett-Packard Company.
• Underwriters' counsel for public offering of convertible subordinated notes by CompuDyne Corp.
• Issuer counsel for public offering of common stock by Steel Technologies. Inc.
• Investor counsel for purchase of convertible preferred stock and common stock of Res-Care Inc. by Onex Partners.
• Seller counsel for acquisition of Alrenco, Inc. by RTO, Inc. (reverse merger).

Recent Speaking Engagements and Publications

• "Duties and Responsibilities of Bank Directors: A Legal Perspective," Kentucky Bankers Association Bank Directors Seminar, October/November 2011
• "Recent Trends and Developments in Securities Law," 14th Biennial Midwest/Midsouth Securities Law Conference, February 2008
• "Learning to Be Flexible and Well-Prepared," The Roles and Motivations of Key Players in Corporate Governance Cases: Leading Lawyers on Assessing Risks, Determining Litigation Strategies, and Achieving the Best Possible Outcomes, Inside the Minds Series, Aspatore Books, October 2007
• "Lawyer Duties Post-Sarbanes-Oxley, 12th Biennial Midwest/Midsouth Securities" Law Conference, February 2004
• "When Clients Do Bad Things: The Lawyer's Response to Corporate Wrongdoing," Kentucky Bench and Bar, April 2003
• "Insider Trading and Reporting Under the Federal Securities Laws," 13th Annual Issues for Corporate Counsel, Kentucky Bar Association Corporate House Counsel Section, April 2003
• "Regulation FD and New Insider Trading Rules," 11th Biennial Midwest/Midsouth Securities Law Conference, February 2002