Craig is a member of the Health Care Department where he primarily focuses on medical and hospital malpractice, long-term care, prisoner litigation and general casualty litigation. He has handled several hundred medical malpractice matters throughout his 35 years of practice. Craig has represented numerous central Pennsylvania hospitals and physician groups, as well as physicians, residents, dentists, periodontists, chiropractors, CNMs, PA-Cs, therapists, nurse practitioners, mental health professionals and podiatrists in health care liability matters. Craig joined Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin in June 2004 as a shareholder in the firm's Harrisburg office.
In one somewhat unique case, Craig successfully argued that an ophthalmologist should not be liable to a driver injured in an auto accident by a patient with poor vision on the theory that the provider should have asked PennDOT to remove the patient's driving privileges.
A 1968 graduate of Princeton University, Craig is admitted to the bar of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the Middle and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. He has been certified and recertified (1999, 2009) as a civil trial advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
Craig frequently lectures on malpractice trial techniques for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. He has also spoken before the Pennsylvania Bar Association and Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, as well as various paralegal, medical and nursing professional organizations.
Craig was named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for four consecutive years (2004-2007) in the area of medical malpractice-personal injury defense. He has been selected by his peers to be included in Best Lawyers in America® (2010-2012), and to Top Lawyers in Central Pennsylvania, 2010 and 2011.
Craig is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the American Board of Trial Advocates, and the Federation of Insurance Counsel. He is also a member of the Pennsylvania and Dauphin County bar associations. Craig is the alumni schools committee chairman for the Princeton University Alumni Association of Central Pennsylvania.
Craig is a trustee of the Pine Street Presbyterian Church and a chairman of the Central Pennsylvania Princeton Schools Committee. He is a past master of the Robert Burns Lodge 464 F&AM.
Associations & Memberships
· American Board of Trial Advocates, Associate
· American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow
· Federal of Insurance and Corporate Counsel, 1982
· Litigation Counsel of America
· Pennsylvania Bar Association
Honors & Awards
· American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow, 2000
· AV® Preeminent™ by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell, 1998-Present
· Best Lawyers in America, 2010-2012
· Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel, 1982
· Pennsylvania Super Lawyer , 2004-2007
· Top Lawyers in Central Pennsylvania , 2010-2011
· Litigation Counsel of America Fellows
Year Joined Organization: 2004
(Certified as a Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy)