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Craig is a partner in the trust and estate litigation team.
His practice focuses on complex trusts and estates litigation, trusts and estate administration, and conservatorship and guardianship matters. He also has broad experience in commercial litigation matters.
Craig has experience with all aspects of trust and estate litigation including will and trust contests, breach of fiduciary duty matters, and financial elder abuse matters. He represents beneficiaries, creditors, trustees, executors, and other fiduciaries and his experience includes mediations, taking and defending depositions, writing and arguing various law and motion matters, trials, and appeals. As part of his administration practice, he assists clients with post-death administration, and securing bequests made to charitable beneficiaries.
Craig also counsels and advises corporate and individual clients in all phases of litigation in state and federal court. His commercial litigation practice focuses on complex business litigation involving contract and commercial disputes, as well as other business torts and civil matters. He has handled matters from inception through completion, including fact discovery, expert discovery, significant law and motion, trial, and appeal. Craig has been recognized in the Chambers High Net Worth Guide for Private Wealth Disputes since 2022, and was most recently ranked as 'Up and Coming' in the 2025 edition. He has also been listed as a Best Lawyers 'One to Watch' for 2024 and 2025.
Recent recognition
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Talks
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'Mid-Year Update: 2024-2025 Cases and Updates,' Estate Planning Council of Long Beach - October 2, 2025, presenter
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'Estate planning, trust and probate law cases and updates,' Probate Attorneys of San Diego (PASD) Mid-Year Review - July 16, 2025, presenter
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'Current Developments in Estate, Gift, GST, and Fiduciary Income Tax,' American Bar Association 2025 Midyear Tax Meeting - February 19, 2025, speaker
- 'Estate planning, trust and probate law 2023-2024 mid-year review,' Probate Attorneys of San Diego (PASD) Mid-Year Review - July 24, 2024, presenter
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''The Empty Chair' Statute – Expanding Trustee Duties under Probate Code 15800,' 46th Annual UCLA/CEB Estate Planning Institute - April 18, 2024, co-presenter
- 'Recent Developments in Probate, Trusts, & Estate Planning,' Long Beach Bar Association Probate and Estate Planning Section - March 6, 2024, co-presenter
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'E1 Case and Statutory Updates in Estate, Trust And Probate Law,' Professional Fiduciary Association of California (PFAC) - June 3, 2023, co-presenter
- 'Estate planning, trust, and probate law: 2022 year in review,' Long Beach Bar Association - March 22, 2023, co-presenter
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'Estate Planning 101: War Stories from Common Estate Planning Errors and Tips to Avoid Them in the Future,' Event with First American Trust - November 16 and 19, 2021, co-presenter
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'The Kids Are Not Alright: Drafting Estate Plans to Prevent Future Public Family Disputes,' Conejo Valley Estate Planning Council, Ventura County - March 19, 2019
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'Litigation holds: Avoiding civil and criminal penalties resulting from spolitation of evidence,' Holland & Knight, Los Angeles - September 24, 2014
Insight
External publications
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'Black Panther star's untimely death highlights importance of estate planning,' Wealthmanagement.com - November 18, 2020, co-author
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'Protecting trustees from blame (and liability) in COVID-19's new world order,' Daily Journal's "Wealth with Withers" column - July 21, 2020, co-author
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'Urick v. Urick: (Re)Opening the Floodgates of Trust Contests,' California Trusts and Estates Quarterly, Vol. 25 Issue 3 - 2019, author
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'Tom Petty's Daughters File $5 Million Civil Lawsuit Against His Widow,' Digital Music News - May 16, 2019, quoted
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'Preventing and Avoiding Costly Conflicts', Trusts & Estates - July 25, 2018, co-author
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'Litigation Holds: Avoiding Spoliation of Evidence and Obstruction of Justice,' Compliance & Ethics Professional - August 2014, co-author
Admissions
State of California, 2009
Education
American University, cum laude, B.A.
Loyola Law School, J.D.
Languages
- English
Memberships
Los Angeles County Bar Association, Trusts & Estate Section Member
American Bar Association, Real Property, Trusts & Estate Section Member
Beverly Hills Bar Association, Trusts & Estate Section Member
Public Counsel, Associate Leadership Board Member
Key dates
- Year joined: 2017