Effective January 1, 2022, ELLWOOD is pleased to announce the promotion of Craig M. Bicehouse as General Counsel of ELLWOOD reporting to the CEO of the company.

Craig began his career as a summer laborer at ELLWOOD City Forge (ECF) and later worked as a legal intern with ELLWOOD Group, Inc (EGI) before joining the company in July 2014 as Assistant General Counsel.  He is actively involved in Lawrence County as a current board member of the Lawrence County Economic Development Corporation and as of January 1, a board member of the Lawrence County Foundation and the Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce. He was a member of Class 2 of the Lawrence County Leadership Program and was chair of this class.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Grove City College and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Akron School of Law. Craig graduated third in his class in law school and participated on the editorial board of the Akron Law Review. 

Craig and his wife, Victoria, and their two children reside in New Wilmington, PA. Craig's father, Keith Bicehouse, works as a metallurgist at ELLWOOD City Forge.