Craig Stewart specializes in appellate litigation and in legal strategy and complex motions in trial court litigation. He has represented clients in dozens of appeals in federal and state courts in a wide variety of subject matter areas, including antitrust, employment, ERISA, environmental law, land use, constitutional claims, privacy, mass torts, contract disputes, and product liability. Craig's cases include landmark decisions from the California Supreme Court on the summary judgment standard in antitrust conspiracy cases, the arbitrability of employment disputes, and the constitutionality of student-athlete drug testing.

In the trial court, his practice focuses on complex business litigation, primarily antitrust and unfair business practice claims. He has litigated motions to dismiss, class certification and summary judgment motions, and other significant motions in major litigation. His recent experience includes defending price-fixing and monopolization cases under state and federal laws, defending unfair business practice claims under California's Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200, prosecuting a federal preemption claim, defending class actions alleging violations of wage and hour laws, and representing clients in regulatory proceedings in the California Public Utilities Commission.

Craig's pro bono experience includes representing on appeal a First Amendment media coalition that successfully challenged a restriction on public viewing of executions, representing a fair housing organization that successfully challenged discriminatory rental practices, and representing a inmate who obtained a federal court injunction against a restrictive prison mail policy.