Josh Craddock is a senior associate in the Boulder, Colorado, office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where his practice focuses on appellate and high-stakes litigation.
Josh has litigated matters of constitutional law, administrative law, federal Indian law, contract law, and preemption at all levels of the federal judiciary and in arbitration. He also maintains an active pro bono practice and has led appellate litigation efforts on religious land-use issues.
Prior to joining the firm, Josh successfully petitioned the Supreme Court of the United States for certiorari in Vega v. Tekoh and represented major technology clients in groundbreaking Section 230 litigation. He clerked for Chief Judge Timothy Tymkovich of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Josh graduated from the Harvard Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy. His legal scholarship has been cited by numerous courts and has been published in the Notre Dame Law Review, Harvard Journal on Legislation (online), and Tennessee Journal of Law & Policy.
Josh Craddock is a senior associate in the Boulder, Colorado, office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where his practice focuses on appellate and high-stakes litigation.
Josh has litigated matters of constitutional law, administrative law, federal Indian law, contract law, and preemption at all levels of the federal judiciary and in arbitration. He also maintains an active pro bono practice and has led appellate litigation efforts on religious land-use issues.
Prior to joining the firm, Josh successfully petitioned the Supreme Court of the United States for certiorari in Vega v. Tekoh and represented major technology clients in groundbreaking Section 230 litigation. He clerked for Chief Judge Timothy Tymkovich of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Josh graduated from the Harvard Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy. His legal scholarship has been cited by numerous courts and has been published in the Notre Dame Law Review, Harvard Journal on Legislation (online), and Tennessee Journal of Law & Policy.
- J.D., Harvard Law School, 2018Magna Cum Laude
- B.A., The King’s College, 2013Summa Cum Laude
- Bar of the District of Columbia
- State Bar of Colorado
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- J.D., Harvard Law School, 2018Magna Cum Laude
- B.A., The King’s College, 2013Summa Cum Laude
- Bar of the District of Columbia
- State Bar of Colorado
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Select Representations
- Successfully petitioned for certiorari and prevailed at the Supreme Court in Vega v. Tekoh, which addressed whether a law-enforcement officer's failure to provide Miranda warnings could give rise to Section 1983 liability*
- Petitioned for certiorari at the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of a locality asserting criminal jurisdiction over a disputed tract bordering a federally recognized Indian reservation*
- Represented a publicly traded company asserting contract defenses in a $360 million international arbitration that involved global distribution of a novel pharmaceutical therapy
- Represented a major online marketplace in asserting successful Section 230 defenses against website liability for user-submitted content before federal district court and in the Ninth Circuit*
- Developed express and implied preemption arguments under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act in multi-billion-dollar tort litigation involving glyphosate-based herbicides at the California Supreme Court and U.S. Supreme Court*
- Preserved an $89 million international arbitration award from a state sovereign’s challenge to the award at the D.C. Circuit*
- Developed novel statutory arguments in support of third-party bankruptcy releases at the Second Circuit *
Pro Bono
- Represented a coalition of civil rights organizations and minority religious amici in RLUIPA litigation at the Eleventh Circuit
*Denotes experience at another firm prior to joining Wilson Sonsini.
Select Representations
- Successfully petitioned for certiorari and prevailed at the Supreme Court in Vega v. Tekoh, which addressed whether a law-enforcement officer's failure to provide Miranda warnings could give rise to Section 1983 liability*
- Petitioned for certiorari at the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of a locality asserting criminal jurisdiction over a disputed tract bordering a federally recognized Indian reservation*
- Represented a publicly traded company asserting contract defenses in a $360 million international arbitration that involved global distribution of a novel pharmaceutical therapy
- Represented a major online marketplace in asserting successful Section 230 defenses against website liability for user-submitted content before federal district court and in the Ninth Circuit*
- Developed express and implied preemption arguments under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act in multi-billion-dollar tort litigation involving glyphosate-based herbicides at the California Supreme Court and U.S. Supreme Court*
- Preserved an $89 million international arbitration award from a state sovereign’s challenge to the award at the D.C. Circuit*
- Developed novel statutory arguments in support of third-party bankruptcy releases at the Second Circuit *
Pro Bono
- Represented a coalition of civil rights organizations and minority religious amici in RLUIPA litigation at the Eleventh Circuit
*Denotes experience at another firm prior to joining Wilson Sonsini.
Select Publications
- Co-author with Hon. T.M. Tymkovich and J. Dos Santos, “A Workable Substantive Due Process,” 95 Notre Dame Law Review 1961, 2020
- “The Case for Complicity-Based Religious Accommodations,” 12 Tennessee Journal of Law & Policy 233, 2018
Select Publications
- Co-author with Hon. T.M. Tymkovich and J. Dos Santos, “A Workable Substantive Due Process,” 95 Notre Dame Law Review 1961, 2020
- “The Case for Complicity-Based Religious Accommodations,” 12 Tennessee Journal of Law & Policy 233, 2018
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