1. CRAIG LOUIS SIEGEL
387 Second Street, Brooklyn, New York 11215
(202) 262 3984 • craiglsiegel@gmail.com
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
PUBLIC COMPANY ACCOUNTING OVERSIGHT BOARD (PCAOB), New York, New York
Senior Counsel, January 2015 – present
Conduct investigations and prosecute violations of federal securities laws, SEC regulations, and PCAOB auditing standards by
public accountants and accounting firms.
KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & FRANKEL LLP, New York, New York
Litigation Associate, October 2004 – January 2015
Litigated securities, commercial, and constitutional law cases at the trial and appellate levels. Defended clients in connection
with governmental investigations. Representative matters included:
Defended Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu against securities fraud and tort claims arising from collapse of Parmalat, with alleged
damages exceeding $10 billion. Prepared witnesses and participated in fact depositions in Italy, the Netherlands, Canada, and
Malta, and expert depositions in the U.S. Drafted summary judgment and expert witness in limine motions.
Represented Bear Stearns in connection with DOJ investigation of hedge funds invested in RMBS CDOs; Big Four
accounting firm in connection with SEC accounting fraud investigation; and AIG in connection with NYS Attorney General
investigation of workers’ compensation policies. Conducted internal investigations, and prepared and defended witnesses
during interviews and depositions.
Represented Nomura Canada against class action lawsuit involving claims of fraud and stock manipulation related to stock
loan trading. Drafted motion to dismiss and jury instructions.
Lead trial counsel in League of Women Voters v. Cobb, 447 F. Supp. 2d 1314 (S.D. Fla. 2006). Won First Amendment
injunction barring enforcement of law that had shut down nonpartisan voter registration drives. National Law Journal
awarded lawsuit annual Pro Bono Award because of counsels’ “singular achievement” in winning case. Successfully
defended injunction before U.S. Court of Appeals and secured $300,000 attorneys’ fees settlement.
Cross-examined general counsel of Capmark Financial Group during hearing on $975 million settlement of fraud-related
claims. Deposed general counsel and a board appointee from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, and supervised discovery team.
Litigated debt recharacterization and breach of fiduciary duty claims against Magna Entertainment Corporation. Deposed
CFO and former CEO in Canada. Supervised discovery, litigated discovery disputes, and helped secure more than $100
million settlement that court approved after describing plaintiff’s litigation efforts as “phenomenal.”
Authored amici curiae briefs on legal professional standards in Chaidez v. U.S., 133 U.S. 1103 (2013), and constitutional due
process issues in People v. Peque, 22 N.Y.3d 168 (N.Y. 2013).
BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE AT NYU SCHOOL OF LAW, New York, New York
George A. Katz and Equal Justice Works Fellow, September 2000 – September 2004
Litigated constitutional challenge to federal restrictions on Legal Services Corporation grantees, and lobbied Congress to
repeal restrictions. Authored First Amendment amicus curiae brief in U.S. v. American Library Association, 539 U.S. 194 (2003).
HON. ROBERT L. CARTER, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE, S.D.N.Y., New York, New York
Law Clerk, September 1999 – August 2000
Assisted judge in all aspects of civil and criminal motion and trial practice.
WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER, New York, New York
Litigation Associate, January 1999 – August 1999
Drafted briefs in securities fraud cases and interviewed and prepared clients for depositions.
EDUCATION
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, New York, New York
J.D., cum laude, May 1998
Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties Fellow
BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY, Binghamton, New York
B.A., English Literature, September 1990
BAR ADMISSIONS
U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Seventh, and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. District Courts for the
Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan; and State of New York.
