Bio

Craig J. Albert was born in New York, New York in 1957. He was admitted to the bar in New York in 1983 and New Jersey in 2001 and is admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York,  the District of New Jersey, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the United States Tax Court and the Supreme Court of the United States. He started his career as a lawyer with Cahill Gordon & Reindel in 1982. In 1985 he joined Hertzog, Calamari & Gleason (presently, Winston & Strawn) as a litigation associate. He joined RB&R as Counsel in 2001 and became a partner in 2003.

After Craig completed his graduate studies in Yale University’s Economics Department, he joined the full-time law faculty of Seton Hall University. His teaching, research and publications in law journals have spanned a wide variety of fields, including corporate finance, securities, business organizations, property, land use and criminal justice.

Craig’s litigation practice has included representation of financial institutions, commercial firms and individuals, in such diverse fields as securities law, antitrust law, intellectual property law and white-collar crime, to name a few. He advises the firm’s clients on corporate, securities, finance and bankruptcy issues as well.

Craig has served on the New York City Bar Association's Committees on Housing and Urban Development, Land Use and Zoning Law, and New York City Affairs. He has also served as a member of New York Law School’s adjunct faculty, where he taught the law of agency and partnership.