Croft, David R.

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DavidCroftDavid R. Croft
Member in Charge of the Wheeling Office


Wheeling, West Virginia
304.230.6952
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Mr. Croft's primary areas of practice are commercial transactions, estate planning and administration, and federal taxation.

Representative Experience

  • Estate planning, ranging from simple wills to complex tax and Medicaid matters
  • Estate administration for small and large estates, representation extending from filing appraisement of the estate and 706 tax return through final accounting and any IRS audit
  • Business succession, asset protection and elder law planning
  • 1031 property exchanges and other federal tax consultation
  • Non-profit entity filings that include 1023 applications, 990 tax returns, secured 509(a)(3) supporting organization status for charitable organizations
  • Commercial transactions entailing the creation, dissolution and merging of business entities
  • Compose commercial transaction documents for business entities including employment, buy/sale, confidentiality, software development, asset purchase and stock purchase agreements
  • Bankruptcy creditor representation and collections
  • Real estate transactions and title examinations
  • Real and personal property foreclosures

Education

  • West Liberty State College, B.S., Accounting, 1989
  • West Virginia University College of Law, J.D., 1999

Admissions

  • West Virginia State Bar
  • United States District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia
  • West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals

Awards & Distinctions

  • Listed by Super Lawyers/ West Virginia for Estate Planning & Probate, Corporate/ Business and Tax law

Affiliations

  • Ohio County Bar Association, Member
  • West Virginia State Bar Association, Member
  • American Bar Association, Member
  • Upper Ohio Valley Estate Planning Counsel, Member

Other

  • West Virginia University College of Law, Adjunct lecturer teaching: Partnership Taxation, Spring 2002 and 2003; Fundamentals of Federal Income Taxation, Summer 2004; Property III, Wills, Intestate Succession, Estate Administration, Trust and Future Interests, 2002 - present 
  • Licensed CPA since May 1994
  • Authorized and licensed to provide real estate Title Insurance
  • Continuing Legal Education Seminar Presentations: The Complete Trust Workshop, November 15, 2001; Limited Liability Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships in West Virginia, July 31, 2002; Preserving Disabled Individuals' Assets Through Special Needs Trusts, September 10, 2003; Elder Care in West Virginia, June 16, 2004; Contemporary Estate Planning Issues, October 14, 2005