Craig is a frequent speaker on issues related to his areas of practice, as indicated below.
Craig received his B.A. from Cornell College with distinction in the major field (economics) and his J.D. with distinction from the University of Iowa College of Law.
Areas of Significant Practice Experience
Qualified retirement plan consulting, document design, and preparation.
Non-qualified executive deferred compensation arrangements, including supplemental pension plans.
Flexible benefit plan consulting, plan document design, and preparation.
Internal Revenue Code and ERISA compliance matters for employee pension and welfare benefit plans.
Analysis of employee benefit plans in mergers and acquisitions.
Employee stock ownership plans.
Fiduciary responsibility issues under ERISA.
Prohibited transactions and authorized and unauthorized investments in qualified retirement plans.
Voluntary Employee Benefit Associations ("VEBAs") providing life and medical benefits.
Severance pay arrangements.
Davis-Bacon Act Fringe Benefit Requirements.
Stock Option Plans.
Planning for distributions from qualified plans.
Speeches
Employment Transactions from the Perspective of an Employee Benefit Planner, Annual Joint Conference of Iowa College and University Personnel Association and the Iowa Association of College and University Business Officers (April 16, 1998) (Speaker).
Pension Power - Distribution Planning, Black Hawk County Estate Planning Council (May, 2000) (Speaker).
Employee Benefits, University of Iowa College of Law (October, 2000) (Speaker).
Current Events at DOL and IRS, Central Iowa SHRM (January 9, 2001) (Speaker).
What, Me Worry? A Primer for ESOP Trustees, Iowa Chapter of ESOP Association Annual Meeting (September 15, 2004) (Speaker).
Five Things I Would Like My Financial Advisor to Know and Do With Respect to My Retirement Planning, Million Dollar Roundtable Study Group (October 2006) (Speaker).
Corporate Governance Issues in ESOP Companies, Iowa-Nebraska Chapter of ESOP Association (July 24, 2007) (Speaker).