Biography
Craig Singer has represented numerous lawyers and law firms, including some of the nation’s largest firms, in federal and state courts, government investigations, and arbitration proceedings in many jurisdictions around the country. He has played a significant role in developing and litigating defenses to claims commonly brought against lawyers and law firms, including defenses based on in pari delicto, attorney-client duties, proximate causation and damages. In October and November 2018, Craig was lead defense counsel in a jury trial for an Am Law 100 law firm sued by a large multinational corporation. A Chicago jury returned a complete defense verdict in favor of W&C’s client.
Craig has particular experience in defending professionals and firms in matters arising from Ponzi schemes and other frauds. He is the author of a book on that subject, Professionals, Firms, and Fraud: Defending Professionals Against Liability for Client Fraud, which was published by the ABA in 2015. Craig is also a member of the TriBar Opinion Committee, which prepares influential reports on legal opinion practice, and a member of the board of the Working Group on Legal Opinions, which provides a national forum for the discussion of important issues relating to closing opinions.
In addition to his lawyer liability practice, Craig also practices in the areas of false claims and criminal defense, and appellate work. He is co-author of a treatise, Federal Criminal Discovery, published by the American Bar Association. Craig has represented clients in virtually every federal appellate Circuit and in multiple state appeals courts.
Craig earned his J.D., with Highest Honors, from the University of Chicago Law School. After law school, Craig clerked for Chief Judge Abner J. Mikva of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and Associate Justice John Paul Stevens of the U.S. Supreme Court. He joined Williams & Connolly in 1996.