W. Joseph Bruckner
Partner

Experience

Joseph Bruckner leads Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P.'s antitrust law practice, and practices extensively in business litigation in federal and state courts nationwide. He is regularly appointed lead or co-lead counsel for plaintiffs by courts across the nation in complex multidistrict antitrust litigation. He graduated with honors from Creighton University School of Law, and served as a law clerk to the Honorable Donald P. Lay, then Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He is a past chair of the Minnesota State Bar Association Antitrust Law Section, and is regularly voted a "Super Lawyer" in a peer review list of leading Minnesota attorneys. Mr. Bruckner is an Advisory Board Member of the American Antitrust Institute, and is a co-author in The International Handbook on Private Enforcement of Competition Law and in Private Enforcement of Antitrust Law in the United States: A Handbook.

Representative Cases

Precision Associates, Inc., et al. v. Panalpina World Transport (Holding) Ltd., et al. (Co-Lead Counsel)
In re Potash Antitrust Litigation (II) (Co-Lead Counsel)
In re Flat Glass Antitrust Litigation (II) (Co-Lead Counsel)
In re In re Wholesale Grocery Products Antitrust Litigation (Liaison Counsel)
In re Urethane Antitrust Litigation (Co-Lead Counsel - achieved $33 million in settlements for the class)
In re MSG Antitrust Litigation (Co-Lead Counsel - achieved $123 million in settlements for the class)
In re Pressure Sensitive Labelstock Antitrust Litigation (Co-Lead Counsel - achieved $45 million in settlements for the class)
In re OSB Antitrust Litigation
In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation
In re TFT-LCD (FLAT PANEL) Antitrust Litigation

Presentations

Presenter at the MSBA CLE — "Class Actions: Same Rules But New Challenges," November 3, 2010.
Speaker at the MSBA MCLE — Antitrust Law Fundamentals Seminar on May 6, 2009.

Publications

Private Enforcement of Antitrust Law in the United States, A. Foer and R. Stutz, eds., Edward Elgar Publishing (UK) (October 2012).
Plaintiffs' Remedies, Int'l Handbook On Private Enforcement Of Competition Law, American Antitrust Institute (with Matthew R. Salzwedel) (Dec. 2010)
Co-authored the article "In re OSB Antitrust Litigation — Class Certification Decisions" published in the ABA Section of Antitrust Law, Sherman Act Section 1 Committee Spring 2008 Newsletter. The article provides an analysis of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania court decision to grant class certification in the In re OSB Antitrust Litigation. Read article on page 18 of newsletter.

Professional Associations

The American Antitrust Institute ("AAI") — Member of the Advisory Board
The Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws ("COSAL"); Executive Committee
Federal Bar Association, Minnesota Chapter, Board of Governors
Federal Bar Association, Chair of Antitrust & Trade Regulation Section
Hennepin County Bar Association
Nebraska State Bar Association
Minnesota State Bar Association
American Bar Association's Antitrust and Litigation Sections

Professional Recognition

Named a Minnesota Super Lawyer for 2011 and 2012 by Super Lawyers^®, a Thomson Reuters business.