Mr. Craig Edward Bertschi

McRae Bertschi & Cole LLC

Mr. Bertschi began his legal career in 1990 as an associate with the law firm of Kilpatrick & Cody in Atlanta. He was elected to the partnership in January of 1998 and remained with that firm, which is now known as Kilpatrick, Townsend & Stockton LLP, until March of 2015. In 2015, Mr. Bertschi formed a partnership with another Kilpatrick & Cody alum, Mara McRae. That firm is now known as McRae Bertschi & Cole LLC.

For the last 34 years, Mr. Bertschi has focused his practice on litigating complex business disputes, high stakes personal injury cases and consumer class action and single plaintiff lawsuits under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (the “FCRA”). Mr. Bertschi has represented Fortune 500 companies in the telecommunications, financial services and aerospace industries and has served as lead counsel in lawsuits nationwide, including cases in the Second, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits. He also has extensive experience litigating in the state courts of Georgia, before the American Arbitration Association and in private arbitrations.

Mr. Bertschi has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® from 2014- 2024. From 2019-2024, he has been recognized as a Georgia Super Lawyer®, and he is AV® rated by Martindale-Hubbell.*

Mr. Bertschi is an Atlanta native, having grown up in Gwinnett County. He was the Georgia State Champion in academic debate in 1983. He attended Emory University as the Alben W. Barkley Merit Scholar and was twice named Emory’s Outstanding Debater. Mr. Bertschi was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa in 1986 and graduated from Emory University magna cum laude in 1987. He attended the University of Georgia School of Law as a Robert W. Woodruff Scholar and served on the Editorial Board of the Georgia Law Review. Mr. Bertschi graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law magna cum laude in 1990 and is a member of the Order of the Coif.

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