Craig Warkol

Litigation & Investigations

Craig Warkol is Chair of the Litigation & Investigations Group and Co-Head of the Government Enforcement and Internal Investigations practice. Craig has extensive experience assisting clients with SEC examinations and representing them at all stages of investigations and enforcement cases brought by the SEC, DOJ, FINRA, CFTC, and other self-regulatory organizations and state regulators. He also advises clients on issues related to insider trading, market manipulation, and regulatory risks associated with new products and emerging technology, such as digital assets, artificial intelligence, the use of alternative data, prediction markets and electronic communications. Craig frequently conducts client training sessions and presents at leading industry events.

Prior to private practice, Craig served both as an enforcement attorney with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and as a Special Assistant in the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Eastern District of New York where prosecuted numerous complex and high-profile securities fraud, accounting fraud, and insider trading cases.

He received his J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan.

Craig is recognized as a leading litigation lawyer in Benchmark Litigation, The Legal 500 US, and New York Super Lawyers.