Dana Lynn Craig is of counsel in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of the firm’s Litigation Department.

Ms. Craig’s practice has ranged from large environmental cases to complex litigation matters.  She has represented clients in both federal and state courts and has extensive litigation experience, including trial work, senior case management, motion practice, depositions, witness preparation, and working with experts. She has published on subjects ranging from arbitration to environmental topics, including cost recovery and Proposition 65.

Ms. Craig’s most recent matters include:

• Successfully representing a health insurer and plan administrator in a four-week jury trial in state court. The jury rendered a $37.5 million verdict, ultimately awarding the full amount sought on each cause of action by the client. Ms. Craig served as second-chair for Gibson Dunn’s trial team. During that four-week span, as well as throughout trial preparation, she also worked as the managing senior associate of the team.
• Representing major oil production company and others in a challenge to a countywide ballot initiative, in which the first phase of the case went to trial. Ms. Craig was a member of the trial team. The initiative sought to prohibit the drilling of new wells and well stimulation. It would have further imposed a sunset date for the injection or impoundment of produced water. The initiative was enjoined and the court held that two of the prongs were pre-empted by federal and state law. It is now on appeal.
• Defending major corporation in large environmental cost recovery action in federal court against the United States.  Ms. Craig was lead associate in the case and served in a senior management role over the course of her engagement on this matter.  She participated in numerous depositions of federal employees and employees of government consultants.  During her tenure on this matter, Ms. Craig also represented the client before the District Court Judge, Magistrate Judge, and Special Master.
• Defending major U.S. accounting firm in state court.  Ms. Craig was the lead associate for Gibson Dunn’s team on a recent matter in which she represented the client in state court hearings.  During her engagement on the team, which has handled many similar cases for the client, Ms. Craig defended depositions and participated extensively in motion practice and electronic discovery issues.
• Defending major corporation in highly publicized trial.  Ms. Craig’s work in this massive representation included preparing witnesses for trial.
• Defending clients in both international and domestic arbitrations.  Ms. Craig served in senior level roles in these matters.  Her arbitration work has included conducting the direct and re-direct examination of an expert witness, motion practice, depositions, and preparing fact and expert witnesses.  She has also published on the topic of enforcing arbitration awards in California.

Ms. Craig was named a “Southern California Rising Star” by Super Lawyers magazine in 2019 and 2020.  She also serves on the Executive Committee for the Los Angeles County Bar Association Environmental Law Section.  Ms. Craig was selected for membership in the Pacific Council on International Policy, which seeks to strengthen West Coast involvement in global affairs.  She also formerly served on the Young Professionals Board for CollegeSpring and, during part of her tenure, held the leadership positions of Chair and Co-Chair on that Board.

Ms. Craig received her law degree from Stanford Law School in 2007, where she was Co-Managing Editor of the Stanford Law & Policy Review and graduated with Pro Bono Distinction.  She earned her B.A. from Stanford University in 2004, graduating Phi Beta Kappa with University Distinction and received Interdisciplinary Honors in International Security Studies.  During her undergraduate career, Ms. Craig was The Greg Peterson Fellow and recipient of the Donald B. Marron Prize for the Most Original Historical Analysis Paper from the Center for the Study of the Presidency Fellows Program.  She also interned in the offices of Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Susan M. Collins.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Craig clerked for the Honorable Barry G. Silverman of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Phoenix, Arizona.

Ms. Craig is a member of the California, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, United States District Court for the Central District of California, United States District Court for the Northern District of California, and the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Bars.