Craig L. Keller

Craig Keller has litigated business, construction, real estate, probate, and trust cases for over 41 years. Craig has argued appeals in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Arizona Supreme Court, and the Arizona Court of Appeals. He assists clients in forming corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, and joint ventures and in asset and business acquisitions, sales, and employment matters. He represents buyers and sellers of commercial and residential real estate and clients with lease agreements.

Craig is also involved in all aspects of estate planning, including wills and trusts, premarital agreements, business succession planning, and trust and probate administration. He handles estates and trusts with modest assets and for high-dollar net-worth clients. He litigates claims involving trustees, personal representatives, and beneficiaries and for the exploitation of vulnerable adults.

He represents clients before federal and state agencies and departments in licensing and compliance matters. His practice also includes mediation and arbitration of various commercial matters, including business and corporate disputes, real estate disputes, and trust and estate matters. He is a former arbitrator of the American Arbitration Association.

Craig has several clients, individuals, and firms that he has consistently represented for more than 30 years.

Professional Recognition

•The Best Lawyers in America - Litigation - Trusts and Estates, Real Estate Law (2026)

•The Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate Law (2021 - present)
•The Best Lawyers in America, Trust and Estates (2024 - present)
•Phoenix Magazine Top Lawyer, Civil Law Litigation, Commercial Litigation (2023)

Presentations & Publications

•National Business Institute “Wills and Trust from Start to Finish - Complexity of Distributions” (December 2023)
•National Business Institute “Arizona Probate and Trust Administration (March 2023)
•State Bar of Arizona, “Fees, Fee Agreements and the Forms You Need to Make Them Work” (October 2007)

Community Involvement

•Judge Pro Tempore, Maricopa County Superior Court (2021-present)
•Desert Caballeros Western Museum - Wickenburg, Arizona
•Past President (1999-2000)
•Board Member (1985-2001 and 2014-2021)
•Secretary (2014-2021)
•Strategic Planning Committee (2021)
•Executive Women International Scholarship Program Judge, Phoenix Chapter (2019-2023)
•Tempe Union High Schools Education Foundation
•Vice-President (2023-present)
•Board Member (2020-present)
•Tempe Sister Cities
•Parent of Student Delegates (2003 and 2007)
•Student Delegate Selection Committee (2008-2013)
•Student Delegate Selection Committee Chairman (2014-2018)
•Board Member (2014-2018)
•Second Vice President (2017-2018)
•Tempe Coalition to Reduce Underage Drinking and Drug Use
•Coalition Chairman (2016-2018)
•Member (2012-2018)
•Public Policy Committee Member (2010-2013)
•Wickenburg Town Manager Selection Panel (2017)
•Del E. Webb Center for the Performing Arts - Wickenburg, Arizona
•President (2011-2014)
•Board Member (2008-2015)
•University Club of Phoenix
•Past President (1994-1995)
•Board Member (1993-1996)
•Wickenburg Rotary Club
•Paul Harris fellow
•Past President (1994-1995)
•Board Member (1993-1996)
•Member (1988-2017)
•Alexander Boyd and Jane Starke Boyd Charitable Foundation - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, (2014-present)
•Jane Starke Boyd and Alexander Boyd, Arizona Foundation - Wickenburg, Arizona, (2015-present)