Co-Chair, Federal Taxation Practice Group | Co-Chair, Wills, Estates & Trusts Practice Group | Member in Charge of the Wheeling Office
Wheeling, WV
office 304.230.6952
mobile 304.280.5076
Mr. Croft's primary areas of practice are tax law, health care compliance, commercial transactions, estate planning and administration.

Education

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

Experience

  • Federal and state tax compliance and litigation
  • Commercial transactions that include the creation, dissolution and merging of business entities
  • Corporate reorganizations for profit and nonprofit entities
  • Health care compliance focusing on Federal Stark, Anti-Fraud and Anti-Markup rules
  • Estate planning and administration
  • Business succession planning
  • Estate and trust litigation
  • Nonprofit entity creation and compliance
  • Real estate transactions and title examinations
  • West Virginia University College of Law, Adjunct Lecturer:
    • 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 - 2006
    • Estate Planning, 2007
  • West Virginia licensed Certified Public Accountant, May 1994 (currently inactive)

Distinctions

  • Named the Best Lawyers® "Lawyer of the Year" for Corporate Law in Morgantown, West Virginia for 2023
  • Named the Best Lawyers® 2019 "Lawyer of the Year" in the area of Corporate Law in Wheeling, West Virginia and 2014 "Lawyer of the Year" for Tax Law in Morgantown, West Virginia
  • Listed in West Virginia Super Lawyers for Estate Planning & Probate, Corporate/ Business and Tax law
  • Nominated by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America for Corporate Law and Tax Law
  • West Liberty University's Alumni Wall of Honor

Admissions

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

Professional Affiliations

  • American Health Lawyers Association
  • Ohio County Bar Association
  • West Virginia State Bar Association
  • American Bar Association

Publications & Presentations

  • "Estate and Income Tax Planning with Mineral Interests," 47th Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, Orlando, Florida, January 2013
  • "Estate and Tax Planning Aspects of Oil & Gas Transactions," West Virginia Bankers Association Annual Spring Seminar, May 2012
  • "Anatomy of a Business Transaction," Due Diligence, The West Virginia Bar Association, June 2011
  • "Tax Aspects of Employment Litigation," Multi-State Labor and Employment Seminar, San Antonio, Texas, May 2009
  • "Update on Estate and Trust Case Law and Legislation," West Virginia Continuing Legal Education, June 2012