Emilio Varanini
Emilio E. Varanini was a Deputy Attorney General in the Antitrust Section of the California
Office of the Attorney General from 2000-2020 before becoming Supervising Deputy Attorney
General in the Healthcare Rights and Access Section. His responsibilities include healthcare-
related antitrust cases that will be handled by the new section. His prior background in
healthcare-related antitrust work includes serving as lead counsel in the case of State in
California ex rel. Becerra v. Sutter Health, No. CGC18565398 (Cal. Super. Ct. Mar. 29, 2018), a
case in which the State of California challenged the alleged anticompetitive practices of a health
care system. Emilio was also the Co-Chair of the Health Care Working Group of the National
Association of Attorneys General, Antitrust Task Force until 2018 and is now the Co-Chair of
the PBM Working Group of the National Association of Attorneys General, Antitrust Task
Force.
