Craig Varnen

Craig Varnen is an experienced “first chair” trial attorney who represents clients in a broad range of complex, “bet the company” commercial disputes. He co-chairs Gibson Dunn’s Securities Litigation Practice Group and has decades of experience representing public companies and their officers and directors in the defense of federal and state securities class actions, derivative actions and regulatory proceedings. These cases often involve claims related to public offerings, accounting and disclosure practices, mergers and acquisitions, insider trading, or allegations of breaches of fiduciary duties. Craig is also regularly retained to represent private companies in post-transaction disputes, conduct high-profile internal investigations, as well as advise boards and officers on corporate governance and fiduciary duty issues. Craig has successfully tried as lead counsel numerous securities and other cases.

J.D., Order of the Coif, from University of California, Berkeley; B.A. in Economics, summa cum laude and phi beta kappa, from University of California, San Diego.