Serving Indiana Since 1975

Randall K. Craig

Randall K. Craig

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Practice Areas:

  • Elder Law
  • Wills
  • Trusts
  • Estates
  • Estate Planning
  • Taxation

Biography

Randall K. Craig is a sole practitioner whose areas of practice emphasize elder law, wills, trusts, estates, estate planning, and taxation. 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 was the subject of an article in the April 2001 issue of the National Law Journal “Elderly and Disabled Find Hero in Indiana Solo.” Mr. Craig is a charter member (initially the only Indiana member and now one of only two Indiana members) of the Council of Advanced Practitioners of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (“CAP”) which is open by invitation only to preeminent elder law attorneys. He has been a featured speaker on Elder Law developments at the Annual Judge Robert H. Staton Indiana Law Update sponsored by the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum each year from 2013 through 2022. Mr. Craig is the longest-practicing attorney in the State of Indiana who is both a Certified Elder Law Attorney and a member of the Council of Advanced Practitioner of NAELA.

Education

  • Indiana University at Bloomington School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana
    • 00/1972

Bar Admission

  • Indiana, 1975
  • U.S. Tax Court, 1975

Published Works

  • Co-Author with Amelia E. Pohl of A Will is Not Enough in Indiana (Eagle Publishing Company of Boca, 2004)
  • Guiding Those Left Behind in Indiana (Eagle Publishing Company of Boca 2006)

Honors

  • Martindale-Hubbell Bar Registry of Preeminent Lawyers
  • Named a Sagamore of the Wabash by the Governor of Indiana (2002)
  • Named an Indiana Super Lawyer by Law and Politics and the publishers of the Indianapolis Monthly 2007-2013, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
  • Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America every year since 2009, and named as the Best Lawyers’ 2017 Evansville Trust and Estates “Lawyer of the Year”
  • Selected for the 2024 Legends in Leadership for Senior Advocacy Award by Southwestern Indiana Regional Council on Aging, Inc.

Classes & Seminars

  • Speaker on Elder Law Developments at the Annual Judge Robert H. Staton Indiana Law Update sponsored by the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum each year since 2013

Pro-Bono Activities

  • Christian Legal Society
  • International Honor Society Beta Gamma Sigma
  • American Baptist East Church, Evansville, Indiana – Former Chair of Board of Trustees
  • Southwestern Indiana Regional Council on Aging, Inc. (SWIRCA & More) – Former President and the only Current Director Emeritus
  • Sonlight Ministries of Evansville, Indiana, Inc. – Former Member of Board of Directors
  • Vanderburgh County Council on Aging, Inc. – Former President and Member of the Board of Directors
  • Randall K. and Rebecca L. Craig Family Foundation, Inc. – Co-Founder and President
  • Right to Life of Southwest Indiana – Champion for Life Sponsor

Professional Associations

  • National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys – Member of special interest groups on Trusts and Tax
  • Indiana State Bar Association – Member of sections on Taxation, Corporate and Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, and Elder Law
  • Evansville Bar Association (Probate, Elder Law and Guardianship Section as well as the Chair in 2005, and member of the Board of Directors from 2007 to 2009)
  • Council of Advanced Practitioners of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (Charter Member), the first and now one of only two Indiana members
  • Accredited to practice before the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Evansville Estate and Financial Planning Council (member of Board of Directors from 2003 to 2010 and a former President)

Certified Legal Specialties

  • 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)
  • Board Certified Indiana Trust and Estate Lawyer by the Trust and Estate Specialty Board of the Indiana State Bar Association
  • Certified Geriatric Service Provider by The National Association for Geriatric Service Providers & Educators

Current Employment Position

  • Sole Practitioner