ABOUT
Craig Long, LLC is a law firm specializing in the following areas:
• Real Estate: transactional practice representing institutions, investors, creditors, property owners and consumers
• Corporate Law: business association focused practice that represents entities from formation, to operations, to exits through m&a or dissolution
• Civil Litigation: representing plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal court in commercial legal disputes
Specialties: Residential Transactions/Closings, Commercial Transactions/Closings, Administrative Real Estate Law, Bankruptcy, Formation of both C and S corporations, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, Mergers & Acquisitions
Experience
Craig Long, LLC
Managing Attorney, Craig Long, LLC
Craig Long, LLC
August 2004 – Present (12 years)
As the CEO and Managing Attorney, I am responsible for establishing strategic initiatives and establishing concrete ways in which to achieve the underlying objectives of the initiative. I am responsible for all employment decisions, financing decisions, marketing decisions, and general administrative decisions, as well as business development in general.
General Counsel
Vestra Logistics
March 2014 – July 2015 (1 year 5 months)
Transportation brokerage delivering logistics solutions to markets in North America
Cobb County Schools
Teacher
Cobb County Schools
September 2002 – December 2004 (2 years 4 months)
Taught Algebra and Geometry and American Literature to high school students in Cobb County, GA.
Law Clerk
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
June 2000 – September 2001 (1 year 4 months)
Replied to Freedom of Information Act requests pertaining to inquiries on information relevant to commodity exchanges, broker-dealers, commodity traders, discipline records, policy initiatives, agency reports, among others
Assisted the General Counsel’s office with Discovery requests made by parties to litigation involving either the commission, broker-dealers, or other market participants regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Comimission
Skills
MergersBankruptcyLLCReal EstateCivil LitigationReal Estate TransactionsForeclosuresResidential HomesREOCommercial Real EstateReal PropertyMediationMergers & AcquisitionsLitigationLegal ResearchSee 8+
Education
George Mason University School of Law
George Mason University School of Law
JD, corporate-securities
1999 – 2002
Liberty University
Liberty University
BS, Government
1994 – 1997
Interests
financeclassical musicperforming artsbiographiesrunningreal estatesecurities lawwine
Organizations
State Bar of Georgia, Alabama State Bar, ABA Business Law Section
Courses
Independent Coursework
corporate valuation
Publications
Implication of the Efficient Captial Markets Hypothesis on Capital Market Regulation
Traces the historical roots of the theory, its development and explores the implications of the theory on market regulation
Volunteer Experience & Causes
Missionary
Advanced Training Institute International
January 1993 – January 1994 (1 year 1 month)Children
I served as a Christian Missionary in Moscow, Russia working in the orphanages and schools within the area.
Missionary
Advanced Training Institute International
January 1994 – June 1994 (6 months)Social Services
While living in Indiana, I served the needs of troubled youth in conjunction with ATI and the Indianapolis Juvenile Court system.