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Craig Needham is a founding partner with the firm
Needham Kepner & Fish LLP. Born in Palo Alto,
Craig graduated from Bellarmine College Prep,
Santa Clara University, and Hastings College of
the Law. After serving in the military, he worked
for a plaintiff’s trial law firm in San Francisco for
three years, before starting his own firm there,
eventually moving his practice to San Jose.

A cycling enthusiast, Craig’s biking adventures
have included a 4,200-mile ride across North
America, a trek through the French and Italian
Alps, and a 2,500-mile ride from El Paso, Texas to Jasper, Alberta, Canada;
raising money in each for the Children’s Skin Disease Foundation. He also
has completed 12 marathons and over 40 triathlons, five of which have been
“iron-man,” and has participated in 50 consecutive Bay to Breakers in San
Francisco.

Craig has spoken to numerous Rotary Clubs to thank the organization for its
tremendous efforts to rid the world of polio. The mission is personal for
Craig, as he shares the amazing and inspirational story of his mother, Jane
Boyle Needham, who was diagnosed with polio at the age of 29 and who
lived in an iron lung for 13 years.