2025, State of Florida

University of Miami School of Law (J.D., LLM, 2025)

Florida State University (B.A., 2022)

Craig Kochheiser

Craig Kochheiser is an associate in the West Palm Beach office of Wicker Smith, where his practice focuses mostly on medical malpractice matters.

Craig is a proud veteran of the U.S. Army, having spent over twenty years as a non-commissioned officer in Special Forces, colloquially known as a ‘Green Beret’. Throughout much of his career he served in a tactical intelligence capacity: focusing on battlefield forensics, human intelligence, and targeting. Over the course of his career, Craig deployed numerous times around the world as a member of a Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha; these deployments include a total of 48 months’ time in Afghanistan/Iraq as well as just over two years deployed to Latin America. A highlight of his military career was the opportunity to serve as the operations sergeant for a multi-national Special Operations Task Force countering ISIS attack worldwide.

Craig earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Florida State University, where he had the opportunity to attend courses while serving as a ROTC instructor to future officers. Following his military retirement in 2022, he attended University of Miami School of Law earning a joint J.D. and LLM in Maritime Law.  During law school, Craig was involved in the Maritime Law Society, the Veterans Law Student Society, and as a student member in Inns of the Court. He earned two Director’s Awards in UM’s prestigious litigation skills course, three CALI Book Awards, and a pro bono award before graduating cum laude in 2025.

Craig joined Wicker Smith as a law clerk in 2023, working under the guidance of the medical malpractice litigation team. Prior to finishing law school, he was selected for a semester-long internship in the Criminal Division of the Office of the U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Florida. He joined Wicker Smith as a full-time associate upon his admission to the Florida Bar in 2025.

Outside of the practice of law, Craig enjoys spending time with his family and children, woodworking, fishing, and boating.

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