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Mr. Craig is a sole practitioner whose areas of practice emphasize elder law, wills, trusts, estates and estate planning and taxation.  He received his B.S. degree, with distinction, from Indiana University in 1972 (member of International Honor Society Beta Gamma Sigma), and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Indiana University School of Law in 1975. Mr. Craig served as an adjunct professor for several years in the University of Evansville College of Alternative Programs, having taught in the areas of estate planning, income taxation and real estate, and a licensing course for real estate salespersons. He has also taught a course on the law pertaining to savings accounts sponsored by the Indiana Savings and Loan League.  Mr. Craig is co-author with Amelia E. Pohl of A Will is Not Enough in Indiana (Eagle Publishing Company of Boca, 2004), and Guiding Those Left Behind in Indiana (Eagle Publishing Company of Boca 2006).  He is the current President and member of the Board of Directors of Southwestern Indiana Regional Council on Aging, Inc.  He is also a former President and member of the Board of Directors of Vanderburgh County Council on Aging, Inc.  Mr. Craig is a member of the Evansville (and member of the Board of Directors from 2007 to 2009, and member of the Probate, Elder Law and Guardianship Section as well as the Chair in 2005) and Indiana (member of sections on taxation, corporate and real property, probate and trust law, and elder law) Bar Associations, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) and the NAELA special interest groups on trusts and tax, and a charter member of the Council of Advanced Practitioners of NAELA.  Mr. Craig is certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation (one of the first 55 attorneys in the United States to be so certified), certified as a Geriatric Service Provider by The National Association for Geriatric Service Providers & Educators, and has been designated as a Board Certified Indiana Trust and Estate Lawyer by the Trust and Estate Specialty Board of the Indiana State Bar Association.  He was named as an Indiana Super Lawyer by Law and Politics and the publishers of the Indianapolis Monthly each year since 2007, and selected for inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America each year since 2009.  He is also a member of the Christian Legal Society, the Evansville Estate and Financial Planning Council (member of Board of Directors from 2003 to 2010 and a former President), the Board of Directors of Sonlight Ministries of Evansville, Indiana, Inc., and was named as a Sagamore of the Wabash by the Governor of Indiana (2002). Mr. Craig is also listed in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Registry of Pre-eminent Lawyers.



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