Craig Winder

Craig L Winder is a dynamic, high-energy counselor and advocate. Craig has substantial transactional experience in the areas of general corporate law, including business transactions (entity formation and governance, partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, finance), real estate law, including real estate transactions (development, commercial leasing, HOA formation and governance, land use), mergers and acquisitions, and finance. He also has experience in litigating and mediating business, real estate, and water disputes. Craig is also a trained mediator. Prior to joining Peck Hadfield, Craig was an attorney with the Salt Lake City firm of Durham Jones & Pinegar.

Craig’s peers have recognized him as being among Utah’s “Legal Elite”, as reported in Utah Business Magazine, and as one of Super Lawyer Magazine’s “Rising Stars”.

PRACTICE AREAS

EDUCATION

Juris Doctorate, University of Washington School of Law

Comments Editor, Pacific Rim Law and Policy Journal
Hugh Miracle Trial Advocacy Award, Best Opening Statement
Member, Mediation Clinic

Bachelor of Arts, Brigham Young University

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

Utah

Washington

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & RECOGNITIONS

Utah Business Magazine, “Legal Elite”

Super Lawyer Magazine, “Rising Star”

J. Reuben Clark Law Society, Events Committee

Utah State Bar Association

Washington State Bar Association

PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Attorney, Durham Jones & Pinegar, Salt Lake City, Utah

Attorney, Paine Hamblen Coffin Brooke & Miller, Spokane, Washington

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Utah State University Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence, Founder’s Board

Cache Valley Center for the Arts Board of Trustees

Music Theatre West Board of Directors

President, Business Networking International, Cache Valley Chapter

Pro Bono Counsel, One Heart Bulgaria

PRESENTATIONS

Cache Valley Small Business Development Center Workshop, January 17, 2013: Best Business Practices

Cache Valley Small Business Development Center Annual Business Summit, March 7, 2013: An Ounce of Prevention: Avoiding and Minimizing the Pain of Litigation and Business Disputes

Frequent Guest Lecturer, Utah State University, John M. Huntsman School of Business