Craig W. Polanzi graduated from Western Illinois University with a Bachelor of Science in Law Enforcement Administration in 1979. He was a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. In 1985 he graduated from Southern Illinois University with a Master of Science in Administration of Justice. He was awarded Graduated Assistantship Research/Training and continued to be a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. Mr. Polanzi received his Juris Doctor from the Howard University School of Law in 1987 and ranked in the top 15% of his class.

Mr. Polanzi’s previous professional experience includes Director of Crude Oil at American Energy Exchange, Inc., law clerk at the Law Offices of Howard Rubin, student attorney at D.C. Law Students in Court, assistant corporation counsel in the General Litigation Division in Chicago, Illinois, and litigation attorney at Schutter and Glickstein in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Mr. Polanzi operated his own law office since 1989. In 2003, he joined the Stanton Clay Chapman Crumpton firm as a satellite office. In 2005, Mr. Polanzi was back on his own practicing family law, personal injuries, and bankruptcies.