Practice Areas
- Antitrust/Competition
- Appellate Advocacy
- Class Actions
- Complex Litigation
- Intellectual Property
- Securities
- Trade Regulation
Education
- University of San Francisco, J.D., cum laude, 1978
- University of California at Davis, A.B., 1973
Bar and Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- State Court: California
- U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals: Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, and D.C. Circuits
- U.S. District Court: Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California, District of Arizona
Craig C. Corbitt
Craig specializes in complex commercial litigation for both plaintiffs and defendants at the trial and appellate levels, particularly antitrust, trade regulation, intellectual property, securities, and contracts. Recently, among other matters he has represented Fortune 500 companies as plaintiffs in the Vitamins Antitrust Litigation in the District of Columbia federal court, the EPDM, CR and Rubber Chemicals synthetic rubber price fixing cases in various federal district courts, a national class of consumers in antitrust litigation against De Beers in the District of New Jersey concerning the diamond industry, classes of businesses and consumers in the TFT-LCD Litigation in the Northern District of California and classes of California and Minnesota consumers and businesses in Microsoft Antitrust Litigation in state courts. These are among the largest antitrust cases in the country. Over the course of his career, Craig has had a central role in dozens of major antitrust cases, including Brand Name Prescription Drugs, ETSI v. Burlington Northern, and Southern Pacific Communications v. AT&T.
REPRESENTATIVE COURT-APPOINTED POSITIONS
Co-Lead Counsel, In re TFT-LCD (Flat Panel) Antitrust Litig., Northern District of California
Co-Lead Counsel, Intel Antitrust Litigation, District of Delaware
Liaison Counsel and Chair of Executive Committee, Microsoft Antitrust Litigation, California Superior Court
Co-Lead Counsel, Pharmaceutical Antitrust Litigation, California Superior Court
Co-Lead Counsel, In re Western States Wholesale Natural Gas Antitrust Litigation, District of Nevada
Co-Lead Counsel, Initial Public Offering Fees Antitrust Litigation, Southern District of New York
Executive Committee, Smokeless Tobacco Antitrust Litigation, California Superior Court
Executive Committee, DRAM Antitrust Litigation, Northern District of California
Liaison Counsel, Automobile Antitrust Cases, California Superior Court, San Francisco
Lead Counsel, Credit-Debit Card Antitrust Litigation, California Superior Court, San Francisco
Representative Matters
Sullivan v. DB Investments, Inc., 667 F.3d 273 (3d Cir. 2011) cert. denied, 132 S. Ct. 1876 (U.S. 2012)
In re TFT-LCD (Flat Panel) Antitrust Litigation, 2012 WL 253298 (N.D. Cal. 2012)
In re TFT-LCD (Flat Panel) Antitrust Litigation, 267 F.R.D. 583 (N.D. Cal. 2010)
In re Automobile Antitrust Cases I and II, 135 Cal. App. 4th 100 (2005)
In re Vitamins Antitrust Litigation, 2001 WL 755852 (D. D.C. 2001)
In re Vitamins Antitrust Litigation, 120 F. Supp. 2d 58 (D. D.C. 2000)
Anderson v. Deloitte & Touche, 56 Cal. App. 4th 1468 (1997)
Longden v. Sunderman, 737 F. Supp. 968 (N.D. Tex. 1990)
Southern Pacific Communications Co. v. AT&T, 740 F.2d 980 (D.C. Cir. 1984)
Articles & Presentations
"Pre-complaint activities," American Antitrust Institute's "Private Enforcement of Antitrust Law in the United States: A Handbook," September 2012, chapter co-author
"The Slow Drift Toward More Antitrust Exemptions," Competition Law360, December 14, 2011, co-author
Trial Complexities in Antitrust Cases following Clayworth: Competing Views of Different Plaintiffs’ Groups and Defendants, State Bar of California's 21st Annual Golden State Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Institute, October 27, 2011, presenter
"Pre-claim Activities," The American Antitrust Institute’s International Handbook on Private Enforcement of Competition Law, December 2010, chapter co-author
"High Court Antitrust Trends - Sans Stevens," Competition Law360, June 9, 2010, author
California State Antitrust & Unfair Competition Law, 2009, co-author
"Does The Cartwright Act Have A Future?", Competition, Vol. 17, No. 2, Fall 2008, co-author with Lisa Saveri
"New Practitioner Series - Happy Birthday Cartwright Act," Golden State Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Institute, October 24, 2008, panelist
“Filling The Regulatory Gap: California Natural Gas Antitrust Litigation,” Competition, Volume 16, No. 2, Fall/Winter 2007, co-author
CAFA From a Plaintiff Lawyer's Perspective, ABA Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section's Business Litigation Committee Newsletter (Fall 2006), co-author (J. Zahid)
CAFA From a Plaintiff Lawyer's Perspective, ABA Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section's Symposium: "The Future of Class Action Litigation in America," November 2005
Professional Affiliations
- Chair, State Bar of California, Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section
- American Antitrust Institute, Member of Advisory Board
- Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America, Charter Member, Academy of Antitrust Law
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
- American Bar Association, Sections of Antitrust Law and Litigation
- Federal Bar Association
- Bar Association of San Francisco
- Association of Business Trial Lawyers
- American Association for Justice
Community Service
- San Francisco Legal Aid Society–Employment Law Center, Board of Directors and Executive Committee
Noteworthy
Multiple time Northern California “Super Lawyer” for Antitrust Litigation.
"Best Lawyer" for Antitrust Litigation and Commercial Litigation for 2011, 2012 and 2013 by The Best Lawyers in America®, in partnership with U.S. News & World Report.
Rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell.
News
- Zelle Hofmann Attorneys Named in 2013 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®
- Craig Corbitt Interviewed By National Public Radio Regarding LCD Settlement
- Zelle Hofmann Announces Largest-Ever All-Cash Antitrust Consumer Class Settlements, Totaling $1.082 Billion
- Zelle Hofmann Attorneys Named Among 2012 “Super Lawyers” and “Rising Stars”
- The Legal 500 Ranks Zelle Hofmann Among Top Antitrust Firms for the Fourth Consecutive Year
- Zelle Hofmann Attorneys Obtain Preliminary Approval of $539 Million In LCD Class Action Settlements
- Zelle Hofmann Attorneys Announce Largest All-Cash Indirect-Purchaser Consumer Settlements in LCD Antitrust Case
- Third Circuit En Banc Panel Reinstated $295 Million Settlement in Diamonds Antitrust Case
- Corbitt and Micheletti Elected to the Legal Aid Society–Employment Law Center's Board of Directors; Corbitt Also Appointed to Executive Committee
- Zelle Hofmann Attorneys Defeat Antitrust Defense Based on Foreign Conduct
- Craig Corbitt Named Chair of the Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section of the State Bar of California
- Craig Corbitt Named 2012 "Best Lawyer"
- Zelle Hofmann Attorneys Named 2011 "Super Lawyers" and "Rising Stars"
- Craig Corbitt Named 2011 "Best Lawyer"
- Zelle Hofmann Announces Summary Notice of Pendency of SRAM Class Action Settlement and Settlement Fairness Hearing
- Preliminary Approval of $25 Million Settlement Granted in SRAM Indirect Purchaser Class Action
- Settlement in DRAM Antitrust Litigation
- The Ninth Circuit Denies Defendants Request to Appeal Class Certification in SRAM Price-Fixing Case
- Indirect Purchaser Class Action Against SRAM Manufacturers Certified by California Federal Court
- Court Approves Distribution of $40 Million From Smokeless Tobacco Settlement to Non-Profit Organizations
- Natural Gas Plaintiffs Win Approval of $14.65 Million Antitrust Settlement
- Court Orders Flash Memory Defendants to Disclose International Sales Data in Antitrust Action
- Class Action Against Automakers Certified in California State Court
