Gregory B. Craig

Gregory B. Craig
White House Counsel
In office January 20, 2009 – January 3, 2010
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Fred Fielding
Succeeded by	Bob Bauer
Director of Policy Planning
In office July 10, 1997 – September 16, 1998
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Jim Steinberg
Succeeded by	Morton Halperin
Personal details
Born	Gregory Bestor Craig (1945-03-04) March 4, 1945 (age 79) Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	Harvard University (BA) Emmanuel College, Cambridge (MPhil) Yale University (JD)

Gregory Bestor Craig (born March 4, 1945) is an American lawyer and former White House Counsel under President Barack Obama, from 2009 to 2010. A former attorney at the Washington, D.C. law firm of Williams & Connolly, Craig has represented numerous high-profile clients. Prior to becoming White House Counsel, he served as assistant to the President and special counsel in the White House of President Bill Clinton, where he directed the team defending Clinton against impeachment. Craig also served as a senior advisor to Senator Edward Kennedy and to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

After leaving the Obama administration, Craig returned to private practice as a partner at the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. In 2019, Craig was indicted on charges of lying to federal prosecutors about the work he did at Skadden on behalf of the government of Ukraine under Viktor F. Yanukovych, work referred to Craig by Paul Manafort, then a Yanukovych consultant. Craig was acquitted in a jury trial.^[1]