Practice Areas

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

Partner

San Francisco
44 Montgomery Street
Suite 3400
San Francisco CA 94104

TEL: (415) 633-1905
FAX: (415) 693-0770

ccorbitt@zelle.com

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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
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

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)

Articles & Presentations

"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

Association of Business Trial Lawyers
American Association for Justice
American Bar Association
State Bar of California, Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section, Chair
Bar Association of San Francisco
American Antitrust Institute, Advisory Board
Federal Bar Association
American Judicature Society

Community Service

Legal Aid Society–Employment Law Center, Board of Directors and Executive Committee

Noteworthy

Craig has been named a Northern California “Super Lawyer” for 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, and 2011 (Antitrust Litigation) and a "Best Lawyer" for 2011 and 2012 by The Best Lawyers in America®, in partnership with U.S. News & World Report.

He is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.