Founded in 2005, Taylor English represents a wide variety of clients—from Fortune 500 and mid-cap companies to start-ups and individuals. Our lawyers bring broad and deep levels of expertise to every engagement, stemming from their many years of work with major firms and leading businesses, including both in-house and general counsel experience, as well as work in the start-up and management of a variety of organizations. We promote efficiency and collaboration at every turn, which enables Taylor English to provide a full array of legal services in ways that deliver both value and results.
Craig Pendergrast is a member of Taylor English’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice group. His practice includes a specialization in environmental law and commercial litigation. For more than 25 years, Mr. Pendergrast has worked with clients to assess their risks and resolve their problems and disputes in a highly-skilled and cost-effective manner through risk allocation, negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and litigation.
Mr. Pendergrast works closely with in-house counsel and environmental managers, consultants, and the firm’s real estate and corporate lawyers to help clients address a wide variety of environmental matters involving transactional, advisory, insurance, regulatory, remediation, permitting, compliance, enforcement, brownfields, waste, water, air, wetlands, and litigation issues. His environmental practice includes the emerging field of carbon management and alternative energy.
Mr. Pendergrast has a strong commercial litigation practice, with experience including real estate, commercial code, business contract, business tort, mortgage fraud, insurance coverage, professional malpractice, lender liability, franchise, trade secret, restrictive covenant, manufacturing, and construction disputes.
Prior to joining Taylor English, Mr. Pendergrast practiced for a combined 23 years with the national law firms of Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker, LLP and Seyfarth Shaw LLP.
