Craig Principe

For six years, Craig worked for the United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of North Carolina. As an Assistant United States Attorney, he was responsible for conducting criminal investigations and prosecuting cases in federal court. Craig handled cases involving armed robberies, bank robberies, firearms offenses, firearms trafficking and straw purchasing, drug trafficking, drug conspiracies, money laundering, communicating interstate threats, cyberstalking, and assaults on federal officers. As the district’s National Security / Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council Coordinator for two years, he was responsible for investigating violations of federal crimes involving national security, domestic violent extremism, domestic terrorism, and energy facility and infrastructure attacks.

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• Assistant United States Attorney, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice, United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of North Carolina, Greensboro, N.C., 2018 - 2024
• National Security / Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council Coordinator, 2022 - 2024
• Assistant District Attorney, State of North Carolina, Union County District Attorney’s Office, Monroe, N.C., 2012 - 2018
• Student Practitioner, Wake Forest University School of Law, Appellate Advocacy Clinic, 2011 - 2012
• Student Practitioner, Wake Forest University School of Law, Litigation Clinic, Fall 2011
• Legal Intern, State of North Carolina, Guilford County District Attorney’s Office, Summer 2011
• Legal Intern, United States Department of Justice, United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina, Charlotte, N.C., Summer 2010
• Intern, New York State Attorney General’s Office, Bureau of Consumer Frauds and Protection, Spring 2009

• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina