Craig E Zieminski

Craig is a trial lawyer and co-head of the firm’s Securities Litigation practice. His practice focuses on representing companies and their directors in lawsuits brought by Delaware stockholders, alternative entity investors, and deal partners.

Craig has significant experience in a variety of M&A litigation matters, including lawsuits alleging breaches of fiduciary duties, partnership/LLC agreement duties, merger agreements, and federal securities laws. Craig has represented energy businesses, financial institutions, technology companies, agribusinesses, retailers, and many others.

Craig was one of five attorneys on Law360’s nationwide “Rising Star Trial Lawyers” list for 2021. He has been Chambers-ranked since 2019 for “cultivating an impressive and wide-ranging securities litigation practice.” One Chambers referee explained that Craig “shows a keen awareness of the laws and how to resolve complex [matters]. He is very responsive and makes himself available at all-hours. His ability to handle…opposing counsel and in-house counsel are uncanny.”

Vinson & Elkins, 2008-present;

Stanford Law School, J.D. with distinction, 2008;

Southern Methodist University, B.S. and B.B.A. summa cum laude, 2005

Craig’s articles on corporate governance have been published by the National Association of Corporate Directors and the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation.

Craig was the Editor in Chief of the Stanford Journal of Law, Business, and Finance (2007-2008).