Craig Livingston joined Local 371 American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSME) in 1967. Mr. Livingston was drafted and served in Vietnam as a truck driver. He later went to Rutgers Law School directly from Vietnam. Mr. Livingston began his career representing United Auto Workers. When one of the UAW Locals was faced with a plant shutdown, he worked on a 1982 buyout of the General Motors plant using an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Over the next 18 years, Mr. Livingston worked on about 15 other ESOPS.

In 1993, Mr. Livingston founded and became President of the New Jersey COSH, the Advisory Council on Health and Safety, a coalition of Unions, Workers' lawyers, and Workers' doctors. New Jersey COSH fights for pro-worker legislation and writes friend of the court briefs to the New Jersey Supreme Court on issues that impact workers. New Jersey COSH has grown over two decades to be the leading legal voice for injured workers in New Jersey.

Mr. Livingston has been designated by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Board Certified Workers' Compensation lawyer and specializes in labor law as well as catastrophic injuries and diseases caused by work.