TERRY CRISS
Senior Counsel

Terry Criss is a graduate of the University of Kansas (1984) and Washburn University School of Law (1987). He has practiced litigation and transactional law for over 35 years, primarily in business and commercial areas of the law, with a particular focus on finance, restructuring, sales and acquisitions, employment and ERISA law as well as providing general business advice and counsel.   He has specialized expertise in taxable and tax-exempt bond financing transactions.

After graduating from law school, Mr. Criss spent a substantial portion of his career with the firm now known as Hampton & Royce in Salina, Kansas, where he became a member in the firm in 1992 and remained in that capacity until January 2012.  For over five years, Mr. Criss served as legal counsel for the Diocese of Salina and was a member of the National Diocesan Attorneys Association. In this role, Mr. Criss advised and represented the Diocese of Salina, its parishes, schools and related entities on a wide variety of legal matters.

Mr. Criss joined Immaculata Law Firm in 2012, where he served as a senior transactional attorney in a variety of bond financing transactions for which Immaculata Law Firm was engaged as Bond Counsel and/or Issuer Counsel. He joined Croke Fairchild in 2024 when Immaculata Law Firm combined with Croke Fairchild.

Mr. Criss is a licensed member of the Bar in Texas and Kansas.  He resides in Dallas Texas with his wife Patty.  He has two adult children and will soon welcome his first grandchild.