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Practice Areas
- Antitrust/Competition
- Appellate Advocacy
- Class Actions
- Complex Litigation
- Intellectual Property
- International Competition
- 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, 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
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. 4th 100 (2005)
Articles & Presentations
"Does The Cartwright Act Have A Future?", co-author, with Lisa Saveri, Competition, Vol. 17, No. 2, Fall 2008
“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
- 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