Cache Valley Lawyer
About Brian Craig - Logan Lawyer
Brian Craig has more than 20 years of experience as a lawyer. Before starting his own private practice, Brian worked for several years in the legal publishing and legal information services industry as an attorney for Thomson-Reuters and Wolters Kluwer gaining experience with contracts, privacy law, and other practice areas.
Brian also teaches legal courses at Purdue University Global and previously taught at the University of Minnesota Law School. In addition, Brian is the author of Cyberlaw: The Law of the Internet and Information Technology (Pearson) and Stringfellow Acid Pits: The Toxic and Legal Legacy (University of Michigan Press). His latest book entitled Utah Outlaw Patrick Coughlin: The Crime Spree of a Forgotten Desperado (The History Press), a true crime biography about the first person executed in Utah after statehood, is scheduled to be published in late 2025.
Brian currently serves as a prelitigation panel chairperson with the Utah Division of Professional Licensing for medical malpractice cases. He has also served as a volunteer with the Cache County Thursday Night Bar self-help clinic, Legal Assistance of Dakota County (Minnesota), and Utah Legal Services.
A resident of Providence, Brian enjoys hiking up Logan Canyon, reading John Grisham novels, and playing the piano.
Education
JD, University of Idaho, 2001
BA, Brigham Young University, 1997
Reported Cases
State v. Allred, 2024 UT App 163
Upcoming Presentations
“Lessons Learned from the Outlaw Patrick Coughlin: Utah’s First Execution after Statehood.” Utah State Bar Fall Forum, November 14, 2025, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Scheduled for keynote presentation.
"The Trial of Patrick Coughlin," Lecture at the Park City Museum, October 14, 2025, in Park City, Utah.
Lecture at the Historic Echo Church and Museum, “The Legacy of Park City Outlaw Patrick Coughlin and Constable Thomas Stagg,” Echo, Utah (August 31, 2025).
Publications
Books available on Amazon
Utah Outlaw Patrick Coughlin: The Crime Spree of a Forgotten Desperado (The History Press, forthcoming 2025). The History Press is an imprint of Arcadia Publishing.
Stringfellow Acid Pits: The Toxic and Legal Legacy (University of Michigan Press, 2020). Book review appearing in California Litigation: The Journal of the Litigation Section of the California Lawyers Association. Book review appearing in the Spring 2022 issue of Natural Resources & Environment published by the American Bar Association.
Latter Day Lawyers (Kindle Direct Publishing, 2019), foreword by Senator Harry Reid. See also blog interview and LDS Living magazine article
Cyberlaw: The Law of the Internet and Information Technology (Pearson, 2012)
Selected Articles
Flag Fever: Adoption of New State Flags, The Guardianship Journal, Vol.1, No. 1 (2025)
Medical Malpractice Prelitigation Panel Hearings: A Helpful Step in the ADR Process, Utah Bar Journal, Vol. 36, No. 2, 43 (March/April 2023)
Attorney Question of the Month, Armed Citizens' Legal Defense Network Journal, October 2022
Book Review: Burton’s Legal Thesaurus, Federal Lawyer (January/February 2022)
Attorney Question of the Month, Armed Citizens' Legal Defense Network Journal, January 2022
Attorney Question of the Month, Armed Citizens' Legal Defense Network Journal, July 2021
Utah Leads in Adopting the Uniform Electronic Wills Act, WealthCounsel Quarterly, Winter 2021
Attorney Question of the Month, Armed Citizens' Legal Defense Network Journal, March 2021
Attorney Question of the Month, Armed Citizens' Legal Defense Network Journal, August 2020
Getting your estate plan in order with the coronavirus threat, Published on LinkedIn, March 20, 2020
Effective Use of the Hyphen, En Dash, and Em Dash in Legal Writing, Federal Lawyer, 45 (September/October 2019)
Why Young Families Need An Estate Plan, Cache Valley Family Magazine, Fall 2019, 30.
Book Review: Before Lincoln Saved the Union, He Fought to Save a Client from the Gallows, Utah Bar Journal, Vol. 32, No. 5, 26 (September/October 2019)
Guest commentary: Nine legal tips for Logan landlords, tenants, Herald Journal, July 17, 2019
Online Satellite and Aerial Images: Issues and Analysis, 83 North Dakota Law Review 547 (2007)
Construction and Constitutionality of the Freedom to Display the American Flag Act, 36 Real Estate Law Journal 7 (2007)
The Freedom to Display the American Flag Act: Implications for Counsel Representing Associations and Homeowners, 36 Real Estate Review 27 (2007)
Beyond Black’s and Webster’s: The Persuasive Value of Thesauri in Legal Research and Writing, 16 Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research & Writing 169 (2007)
Legal Briefs: Helpful but also Hazardous, 13 Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research & Writing 132 (2005)