Craig J. Krogstad

Craig J. Krogstad is a shareholder at Woods Fuller in Sioux Falls whose practice includes business and corporate transactions, tax law, and estate planning and trust law. Craig focuses particularly on family businesses, helping owners address business succession planning, estate planning, and related business matters. His work connects tax considerations, ownership planning, and long-term wealth transfer decisions that can affect both a company and the family behind it.

Craig earned a B.A. from Augustana College, a J.D. from the University of North Dakota, and an LL.M, Taxation from the University of Florida. His advanced tax education complements his business and estate-planning work by supporting careful analysis of tax consequences, ownership structures, transfers, and succession strategies. This academic background helps him advise clients on plans that must account for legal, financial, and family considerations at the same time.

Craig joined Woods Fuller in 2009 and has built a practice around estate planning, tax, and business law for families and closely held enterprises. He assists clients with succession planning and other decisions involving continuity of ownership and management. Craig is licensed in South Dakota, Minnesota, and North Dakota, allowing him to serve clients whose personal, business, or property interests may extend across state lines.

Craig J. Krogstad is active in the Sioux Falls Estate Planning Council and community organizations including The Banquet and United Way fundraising. Craig has also supported the South Dakota Guardianship Program. His combination of tax training, estate-planning experience, and business-law work helps clients organize complex planning decisions into practical steps designed to support continuity, orderly transfers, and long-term goals for families and businesses.

Law Office Affiliations

• Shareholder, Woods Fuller Shultz & Smith P.C.
• Member, Minnesota State Bar Association
• Member, State Bar Association of North Dakota
• Member, State Bar of South Dakota
• Member, The Banquet
• Fundraising, United Way
• Past, South Dakota Guardianship Program

Licensed State

• Minnesota
• North Dakota
• South Dakota

Education

• University of Florida
  Master of Laws (LLM) in Taxation
• University of North Dakota
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Augustana College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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