Craig Varnen

Securities Litigation

Craig Varnen is a litigation partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Craig serves as a Co-Chair of the Firm’s National Securities Litigation Practice Group, which is consistently recognized as one of the best securities litigation groups in the country. While Craig is an experienced trial attorney who has represented clients in a broad range of “bet the company” commercial disputes, his practice focuses securities litigation. Craig has decades of experience representing public companies and their officers/directors in the defense of federal and state securities class actions, derivative actions and government proceedings. These cases often involve claims related to public offerings, accounting and disclosure practices, mergers and acquisitions, insider trading, corporate governance issues or allegations of breaches of fiduciary duties. Craig is also regularly retained to conduct high-profile internal investigations, as well as advise boards and officers on fiduciary duty and corporate governance issues. He has also handled a wide range of other business and class action litigation, including many different types of consumer class actions, cases involving the misappropriation of trade secrets, employment litigation, and insurance matters. He also often counsels clients in employment contract-related matters.