About Craig S.
Craig S. Nolan built his legal foundation at Dartmouth College, where he completed a B.A. in 1990 after beginning studies in 1986. He went on to earn his J.D. from the College of William and Mary in 1995. Those years framed an early interest in litigation and public service that would shape his career.
After law school, Nolan served as a law clerk to Judge Terrence W. Boyle of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina in 1995. He joined Maupin Taylor & Ellis, P.A. as an associate in 1996 and moved to Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P.C. the following year. In 1999 he clerked for Judge Fred I. Parker of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, gaining direct exposure to appellate practice.
Beginning in the early 2000s Nolan transitioned into public prosecution. He was a deputy states attorney in Lamoille County in 2002 and became Washington County states attorney in 2005. In 2007 he joined the U.S. Attorneys Office for the District of Vermont as a Supervisory Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Criminal Division. Those roles placed him in trial and case-supervisory positions across a range of criminal matters.
In 2015 Nolan entered private practice as a partner at Sheehey, Furlong & Behm. His experience in both state and federal prosecution informs his work in private practice. He is admitted in Vermont and has appellate admission in the Second Circuit, reflecting the mix of trial and appellate work in his background.
Nolan holds memberships in several professional organizations. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Vermont Bar Association and the Dartmouth Lawyers Association. He is also admitted to the Bar of the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont (1997Current), the Bar of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2007Current) and the Bar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York (2015Current). These memberships align with a career that spans local prosecution, federal litigation and appellate matters.
Colleagues and opposing counsel describe him as steady in court and detail-oriented in preparation. He brings trial experience from county and federal courts together with appellate insight from an early clerkship on the Second Circuit. Nolan maintains a practice at Sheehey, Furlong & Behm where he concentrates on litigation and criminal matters.
