Craig S. Heryford’s practice is concentrated in the area of mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and corporate finance matters as well as the representation of mature and emerging businesses. He has experience in a wide variety of commercial transactions, including numerous corporate finance and venture capital funding transactions involving both equity and debt, as well as merger and acquisition and private equity transactions.
Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- New York
Memberships
- Private Equity and Venture Capital Subcommittee, American Bar Association Section of Business Law
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- New York Bar Association
- Allegheny County Bar Association
- Board Member of numerous privately-held business organizations and community based non-profit organizations
- Adjunct Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Law – Business Planning and Entrepreneurship
- Past member, National Advisory Board, Commercial Finance Association
- Association for Corporate Growth
- Pittsburgh Venture Capital Association
Education
- J.D., cum laude, Duquesne University School of Law, 1984
- Editor-in-Chief, Duquesne Law Review
- B.S. and B.F.A., cum laude, Business and Music, The Ohio State University, 1980
Honors
- Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers, Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions and Finance (2001-present)
- Best Lawyers in America® distinction in Banking and Finance Law (2007-2025), Corporate Law (2017-2025), and Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2017-2025)
- Best Lawyers in America® distinction in Pennsylvania: “2016 Lawyer of the Year” (Banking and Finance law) and “2018 Lawyer of the Year” (Mergers & Acquisitions law).