Craig Wenner

Craig’s main practice areas are complex commercial litigation and government investigations. He has represented plaintiffs and defendants in matters involving multidistrict litigation, class actions, antitrust violations, securities fraud, contract disputes, RICO, and insurance disputes. Recently, Craig has represented domestic and foreign plaintiffs in civil litigation to recover assets stolen and laundered in global racketeering conspiracies, and clients in criminal defense concerning allegations of financial fraud.

Before joining the firm, Craig served as a law clerk to the Hon. Harold Baer, Jr., in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and was a post-graduate fellow in the Frank J. Guarini Center on Environmental and Land Use Law at N.Y.U. School of Law.

Prior to law school, Craig worked in civil and environmental engineering, and in the construction trades and real estate. He holds unlimited plumbing, pipe-fitting, and HVAC licenses in Connecticut.

Craig’s recent experience includes:

• Representing a transportation infrastructure company in civil litigation relating to the theft of the company’s trade secrets
• Representing the City of Almaty, Kazakhstan, and BTA Bank in civil litigation against the former mayor of Almaty and the former president of BTA for RICO and money laundering violations
• Representing a criminal defendant pro bono in connection with allegations of tax fraud
• Representing a financial executive in a six-week criminal trial for securities fraud, currently on appeal by the government after the trial court vacated the verdict on a defense motion
• As part of the trial team led by firm Chairman David Boies, representing Maurice R. Greenberg an action brought by the New York Attorney General under the Martin Act
• Representing BNP Paribas in connection with the successful recovery of nearly $150 million from an SEC Fair Fund distribution
• As part of the trial team led by firm Chairman David Boies, representing a class of AIG shareholders in a multibillion dollar constitutional takings class action arising out of the U.S. Government’s takeover of AIG
• Obtaining dismissal of a federal civil RICO action against overseas insurance syndicates in the Eastern District of Louisiana and Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
• Defense of a privately held healthcare technology company in DOJ and SEC investigations of statements the company made while raising capital

Co-author, You’ve Been Served: Managing Personal Liability for Cyberattacks on Railroads, Railway Age (July 2023)

Co-author, Water Pollution and Regulatory Cooperation in China, 44 Cornell Int'l L.J. 349 (2011) 

Note, Judicial Review and the Humane Treatment of Animals, 86 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1630 (2011)