Craig Principe
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney handling criminal, personal injury, & other cases
For six years, Craig worked for the United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of North Carolina. As an Assistant United States Attorney, he was responsible for conducting criminal investigations and prosecuting cases in federal court.
Craig handled cases involving armed robberies, bank robberies, firearms offenses, firearms trafficking and straw purchasing, drug trafficking, drug conspiracies, money laundering, communicating interstate threats, cyberstalking, and assaults on federal officers. As the district’s National Security / Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council Coordinator for two years, he was responsible for investigating violations of federal crimes involving national security, domestic violent extremism, domestic terrorism, and energy facility and infrastructure attacks.
Craig tried jury trials and handled motions, sentencing hearings, and supervised release violation hearings in the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina and has written numerous appellate briefs and argued cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
His legal experience also includes work as a state prosecutor for North Carolina. As an Assistant District Attorney for six years, he tried dozens of jury trials in Superior Court, including serious felony cases, assaults, robberies, and first-degree murder cases. Craig prosecuted cases involving all types of felony and misdemeanor offenses with emphasis on violent crimes, drug offenses, domestic violence, child abuse, and murders.
Prior to attending law school, Craig obtained a bachelor’s degree in political science from Duke University and a master’s degree in United States history from the University at Albany.
- Wake Forest University School of Law
- J.D. (2012) | Law
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- Honors: The Dean's Leadership Award, Order of the Barristers, Pro Bono Honor Society, Gabrielli National Family Law Moot Court Competition Best Brief Award
- Activities: Editor for Journal of Law and Policy, Moot Court, AAJ Trial Team, Litigation Clinic, Appellate Clinic, Guardian ad Litem, Albert Schweitzer Fellow, Pro Bono Project Board Member
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- Duke University
- B.A. (2002) | Political Science
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- Assistant United States Attorney
- U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of North Carolina
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- Adjunct Professor
- Wake Forest University School of Law
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- Adjunct Professor for Litigation Externship Lecture Component
- Assistant District Attorney
- Union County District Attorney's Office
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- What Were They Thinking?: Competing Culpability Standards For Punishing Threats Made to the President
- Criminal Law Brief (American University, Washington College of Law journal)
- North Carolina Bar Association
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- Greensboro Bar Association
- Current
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- Chief Justice Joseph Branch Inn of Court
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- North Carolina
- North Carolina State Bar
- ID Number: 44720
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- 4th Circuit
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- Federal District Court
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- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Education Law
- Employment Law
- Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Health Care Law
- Website
- Green Principe PLLC Website