Samuel D. Heins

An equity member and governor of the firm, Mr. Heins has extensive experience in complex litigation, particularly in securities fraud and antitrust class actions, and has served as lead or co-lead counsel in a number of major class actions. He served as lead trial counsel in In re Travel Agency Commission Antitrust Litigation (D. Minn.) (antitrust claims on behalf of travel agents against major domestic airlines), and now is or recently has been involved in numerous other cases, among them In re AOL Time Warner Securities Litigation (S.D.N.Y.) (securities fraud claims on behalf of AOL and Time Warner shareholders); In re Pharmaceutical Industry Average Wholesale Price Litigation (E.D. Mass.) (price-fixing, RICO and other claims against pharmaceutical companies on behalf of consumers, self-insured employers, health and welfare plans, health insurers and other end payors); In re Monosodium Glutamate Antitrust Litigation (D. Minn.) (price-fixing claims on behalf of business purchasers of MSG against manufacturers); In re High Pressure Laminates Antitrust Litigation (S.D.N.Y.) (price fixing claims by businesses against manufacturers of high pressure laminates); In re Polyester Staple Antitrust Litigation (W.D.N.C.) (price fixing claims against polyester staple manufacturers on behalf of business purchasers); In re Universal Service Fund Telephone Billing Practices Litigation (D. Kan.) (consumer fraud and antitrust claims against AT&T, MCI and Sprint for USF telephone charges); In re Fiber Optic Cable Litigation (N.D. Ill.) (claims on behalf of property owners alleging that telecoms installed facilities within rights of way without consent); In re Broadcom Corp. Securities Litigation (C.D. Cal.) (securities fraud claims on behalf of Broadcom shareholders); In re Green Tree Financial Stock Litigation (D. Minn.) (securities fraud claims against Green Tree); and In re Vitamins Antitrust Litigation (D.D.C.) (antitrust claims against domestic vitamin producers and distributors on behalf of foreign direct purchasers).

In addition, Mr. Heins represented several state public pension funds in private litigation to recover the funds' securities losses related to their purchases of McKesson HBOC common stock. These funds include the Utah State Retirement Board, the Public Employees' Retirement Association of Colorado, and the Minnesota State Board of Investment. Other cases in which he has participated in the representation of plaintiff classes include: In re Mercury Finance Co. Securities Litigation (N.D. Ill.); In re Stucco Litigation (E.D.N.C.); In re Olympic Financial Securities Litigation (D. Minn.); American Carriers Securities Litigation (D. Kan.); Archer Communications Securities Litigation (C.D. Cal.); In re Grand Casinos Securities Litigation (D. Minn.); Bulk Popcorn Antitrust Litigation (D. Minn.); Charterhouse Securities Litigation (D. Minn.); Comserv Securities Litigation (D. Minn.); Craig-Hallum Securities Litigation (D. Minn.); Daisy Systems Corp. Securities Litigation (N.D. Cal.); Damson Oil & Gas Limited Partnerships Securities Litigation (S.D.N.Y); Diamonds Antitrust Litigation (S.D.N.Y.); EECO Securities Litigation (C.D. Cal.); Embassy Suites Securities Litigation (C.D. Cal.); Endotronics Securities Litigation (D. Minn.); Fidelity Medical Inc. Securities Litigation (D.N.J.); Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. Securities Litigation (S.D.N.Y.); In re HMOA Securities Litigation (N.D. Ill.); Jan Bell Securities Litigation (S.D. Fla.); K-tel Corp. Securities Litigation (D. Minn.); Kirschner Medical Corp. Securities Litigation (D. Md.); L.A. Gear Securities Litigation (C.D. Cal.); Miniscribe Securities Litigation (D. Colo.); In re Molybdenum Antitrust Litigation (W.D. Pa.); Mortgage & Realty Trust Securities Litigation (E.D. Pa.); Netteburg v. Cheyenne Land Co. (D. Minn.); Pinnacle West Securities Litigation (D. Ariz.); Residential Resources Securities Litigation (D. Ariz.); Saxon Industries Securities Litigation (S.D.N.Y.); Simmons Co. ERISA Litigation (W.D. Wis.); Tandon Corp. Securities Litigation (C.D. Cal.); Thousand Trails, Inc. Securities Litigation (W.D. Wash.); and Wirebound Boxes Antitrust Litigation (D. Minn.).

Mr. Heins served as a law clerk to the Honorable Earl R. Larson, United States District Judge, District of Minnesota. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Minnesota's School of Architecture. He is a member of the Federal Advisory Committee to the Judicial Council of the Eighth Circuit, was a member of the Minneapolis Charter Commission, and has served as president of both the Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights and the Minnesota Center for Victims of Torture. He also is a member of the Hennepin County, Minnesota State (Member, Board of Governors, 1978-1984) and American Bar Associations.