Craig S. Davis Craig Davis Practices in the Firm’S Complex Litigation and Class Action Group
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Craig S. Davis Craig Davis practices in the firm’s complex litigation and class action group. He has worked on lawsuits about business, including antitrust, consumer or product liability, and personal injury. His antitrust and product liability work focuses on representing buyers in class actions and other complex litigation with businesses or cartels that have manufactured defective products or disrupted buyers’ markets or supply chains. Craig S. Davis Craig has written on antitrust law, has presented on antitrust law, Associate contracts and warranties, and has recently chaired the Minnesota State 612-339-6900 Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Section. [email protected] Representative Cases Practices • Precision Associates, Inc., et al v. Panalpina World Transport (Holdings) Ltd., et Antitrust Law al., No. 08-CV-0042 (E.D.N.Y.) (over $300 million recovered to date) Products Liability & Consumer Fraud Litigation • In re Kitec Plumbing System Product Liability Litig., No. 09-md-2098 (MDL 2098) Education (N.D. Tex.) ($125 million recovered) Washington & Lee University School of Law, 1982 • In re Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Securities Litigation, No. 07-CV-5867 (S.D.N.Y.) ($125 million recovered) Bar Admissions • In re Potash Antitrust Litigation (II), No. 1:08-cv-06910 (MDL 1996) (N.D. Ill.) 1983, Minnesota ($90 million recovered) • In re CertainTeed Corporation Roofing Shingles Products Liability Litigation,No. Court Admissions 2:07-md-01817 (MDL 1817) (E.D. Pa.) U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota • In re: Syngenta Litigation, No. 27-CV-15-3785 (Hennepin County, MN) U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit • In re CertainTeed Fiber Cement Siding Litigation, No. 2:11-md-02270 (MDL 2270) U.S. Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit (E.D. Pa.) U.S. Supreme Court • In re: Syngenta Litigation, No. 27-CV-15-3785 (Hennepin County, MN) • Haley, et al. v. Kolbe & Kolbe Millwork Co., et al., No. 14-CV-99 (W.D. Wis.) • Harris Stratex Networks, Inc., No. 1:08-cv-00755 (D. Del.) • Thorkelson, et al vs. Publishing House of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, d/b/a Augsburg Fortress Press, No. 10-cv-1712 (D. Minn.) • Kleen Products LLC v. Packaging Corp. of America, No. 1:10-cv-05711 (N.D. Ill.) • Schoenbaum v. E.I. DuPont De Nemours And Co., et al, No. 4:05-cv-01108 (ED Mo.) • In re Oriented Strand Board Antitrust Litigation, No. 06-CV-00826 (E.D. Pa.) From the Courtroom to the Capitol® © Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P. 2018 | Minneapolis, MN (612) 339–6900 | Washington, D.C. (202) 544–9840 | Bismarck, ND (701) 426-7940 | locklaw.com Professional Associations Publications • Immediate Past Chair, Minnesota State Bar Association Antitrust Law Section • The Discovery Evolution of European Commission Competition Law Documents, 9 Global Competition Litigation Review no. 3, at 96 (2016) (with Heidi M. Silton) • Hennepin County Bar Association • New English Court Limitations On Discovery May Be In Conflict With European • Minnesota State Bar Association (Antitrust, Consumer Litigation, and Litigation Sections; Union Courts, 9 Global Competition Litigation Review no. 1, at R4 (2016) (with Antitrust Council) Heidi M. Silton) • Federal Bar Association (Minnesota Chapter and • Contributor, 2014 Annual Review of Antitrust Law Developments (American Litigation Section) Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law) • American Bar Association (Antitrust, Business • Pfleiderer AG v. Bundkeskartellamt: A Step Forward in Efforts to Obtain Discovery Law, and Litigation Sections; Pre-Trial Practice & From European Commission Antitrust Proceedings, 19 No. 6 Westlaw Journal Discovery Committee) Antitrust 1; September 8, 2011 (with Heidi M. Silton) Professional Recognition Presentations • Earned NITA Advocate designation from the • “Contracting for Indirect Services and Indirect Materials Workshop,” presented at National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) Institute for Supply Management (ISM – Twin Cities), Minneapolis, Minnesota • Attorney of the Year (Syngenta litigation team) by (Sept. 21, 2017). Minnesota Lawyer in 2017 • “Protect Your Business By Including Warranties And Preserving Remedies In Your Supply Contracts,” presented at Institute For Supply Management (ISM – Twin Cities), Minneapolis, Minnesota (February 18, 2016) • “Of Cloning And Cheese Conspiracies: An Update On Private Civil Agricultural Antitrust Litigation,” presented at the American Agricultural Law Association in Charleston, South Carolina (October 23, 2015). Community Involvement • Institute For Supply Management (ISM-Twin Cities) From the Courtroom to the Capitol® © Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P. 2018 | Minneapolis, MN (612) 339–6900 | Washington, D.C. (202) 544–9840 | Bismarck, ND (701) 426-7940 | locklaw.com.