Craig A. Kisylia

• Santa Clara University (B.A. English Literature, 2012)
• Santa Clara University School of Law (J.D. 2018)

Bar Admissions

• California

Court Admissions

• U.S. District Court, Central District of California
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of California

• Associate Fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America, an invitation-only honorary, international association of lawyers specializing in construction law and related fields.
• Co-Chair of the Barristers Construction Law Section of the Bar Association of San Francisco.
• Ambassador to the Bar Association of San Francisco for the Barristers Ambassador Program.

• Bay Area SMACNA Project Management Certificate Program (2023 – 2025) – Presented an overview of legal issues affecting construction projects, with a focus on California law, to members of the Bay Area Chapter of the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association.

• Secured a full arbitration award for a general contractor in a breach of contract dispute arising from a subcontractor’s abandonment of multiple projects.
• Represented an international distributor of multi-platform MLPE solutions in a product defect action arising from an allegedly underperforming photovoltaic system installed at a transitional care facility. Secured a complete release and dismissal with prejudice on exceptionally favorable terms for the client immediately before opening statements at trial.
• Represented an individual in a partnership dispute involving breach of fiduciary duty claims and an attempt to enforce a non-compete clause to prevent the client from starting his own business. Negotiated a favorable settlement.
• Represented an international distributor of multi-platform MLPE solutions in a high-stakes product defect dispute involving an allegedly underperforming photovoltaic system installed at a golf and country club. Secured a complete dismissal with prejudice and full release of all claims on exceptionally favorable terms for the client immediately before the commencement of trial.
• Obtained temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions prohibiting the use of contractor-client’s trade secrets by former employees’ competing business.
• Obtained an emergency temporary restraining order delaying the destruction of an untapped artesian well beneath homeowner-clients’ condominium during a case management conference where inadequate notice of the planned destruction left clients without the opportunity to appear and seek a restraining order under conventional procedures.
• Successfully defended against a petition to release a mechanic’s lien, preserving a contractor-client’s lien rights and ensuring the lien remained in place pending resolution of litigation with the owner.