Craig Needham

Craig Needham was born in Palo Alto, California and is a founding partner at Needham Kepner & Fish LLP. He has practiced personal injury law since being admitted to the California Bar in January 1972 and has built a career spanning more than five decades representing clients in Silicon Valley, Sacramento, and the Bay Area in car accidents, truck accidents, elder abuse, and wrongful death cases. Needham has held teaching positions at several law schools, including Lincoln Law School where he served as Professor of Torts from 1994 to 2017, and he has lectured extensively on torts, trial practice, and evidence throughout California. He has served as a mediator in civil litigation matters, as a Judge Pro Tem in Santa Clara and San Francisco counties, and as an arbitrator for uninsured motorist and Kaiser cases. He is a longtime member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (since 1988) and the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association (since 1972), and he served as President of the Lawyers Club of San Francisco in 1985-1986. He co-authored and presented the annual "What's New in Torts and Trial Practice" seminar for 34 consecutive years across California.