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, 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 past twenty years, 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.

RECENT COURT-APPOINTED POSITIONS
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

Articles & Presentations

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

• Association of Business Trial Lawyers
• American Association for Justice
• American Bar Association
• State Bar of California, Executive Committee, Antitrust and Trade Regulation Section
• Bar Association of San Francisco
• American Antitrust Institute, Advisory Board
• Federal Bar Association
• American Judicature Society

Noteworthy

Named as an Antitrust Litigation “Super Lawyer” for Northern California 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Representative Matters

Southern Pacific Communications Co. v. AT&T , 740 F.2d 980, 1011 (D.C. Cir. 1984)

Longden v. Sunderman , 737 F.Supp. 968 (N.D. Tex. 1990)

Anderson v. Deloitte & Touche , 56 Cal.App.4th 1468 (1997)

In re Vitamins Antitrust Litigation , 120 F.Supp.2d 58 (D. D.C. 2000)

In re Vitamins Antitrust Litigation, 2001 WL755852 (D. D.C. 2001)

In re Automobile Antitrust Cases I and II, 135 Cal.App. 4^th 100 (2005)