Joseph Bruckner

Practice Areas

Antitrust Law | Business Litigation

Career

For more than thirty years Joe Bruckner has litigated antitrust and competition matters, and practices in complex business litigation in federal and state courts nationwide. He is regularly appointed lead and co-lead class counsel by courts in nationwide antitrust litigation. Mr. Bruckner graduated with honors from Creighton University School of Law, where he was the editor-in-chief of the Creighton Law Review. He 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 serves on the Board of Directors of the American Antitrust Institute, on the Advisory Board of the ABA Antitrust Section Price Conduct Committee, and on the Antitrust Law Advisory Board of Strafford Publications and Seminars. He chaired the Minnesota State Bar Association Antitrust Law Section, and served as president of the Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws. He is a contributing author of The ABA Antitrust Law Section’s Rule of Reason Handbook (2026), The International Handbook on Private Enforcement of Competition Law (2010), and Private Enforcement of Antitrust Laws in the United States (2012). He has spoken at antitrust and complex litigation conferences and programs locally and nationwide.

Professional Memberships

-The American Antitrust Institute (AAI) — Member, Board of Directors and Advisory Board

-The Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws (COSAL), Past President and Executive Committee Member

-Minnesota State Bar Association Antitrust Law Section, Past Chair and Emeritus Member

-American Bar Association’s Antitrust and Litigation Sections

-Hennepin County Bar Association

Publications

-Contributing Author, Rule of Reason Handbook, American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section (April 2026).

-Contributing Author, Private Enforcement of Antitrust Law in the United States, A. Foer and R. Stutz, eds., Edward Elgar Publishing (UK) (October 2012).

-Contributing Author, Plaintiffs’ Remedies, International Handbook On Private Enforcement Of Competition Law, American Antitrust Institute (Dec. 2010).

Work Highlights

All United States Federal District Courts

-In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation (Northern District of Illinois) (Co-Lead Counsel)

-Pork Antitrust Litigation (District of Minnesota) (Co-Lead Counsel)

-Beef Antitrust Litigation (District of Minnesota) (Co-Lead Counsel)

-Surescripts Antitrust Litigation (Northern District of Illinois) (Co-Lead Counsel)

-Precision Associates, Inc., et al. v. Panalpina World Transport (Holding) Ltd., et al. (Freight Forwarder Antitrust Litigation) (Eastern District of New York) (Co-Lead Counsel)

-In re Potash Antitrust Litigation (II) (Northern District of Illinois) (Co-Lead Counsel)

-In re Urethane Antitrust Litigation (Polyester Polyols) (District of Kansas) (Co-Lead Counsel)

-In re Flat Glass Antitrust Litigation (II) (Western District of Pennsylvania) (Co-Lead Counsel)

-In re MSG Antitrust Litigation (District of Minnesota) (Co-Lead Counsel)

-In re Pressure Sensitive Labelstock Antitrust Litigation (Middle District of Pennsylvania) (Co-Lead Counsel)

Other Representative Cases

-In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation (Eastern District of New York)

-In re Automotive Parts Antitrust Litigation (Eastern District of Michigan)

-Kleen Products LLC v. Packaging Corp. of America (Containerboard Antitrust Litigation) (Northern District of Illinois)

-In re TFT-LCD (FLAT PANEL) Antitrust Litigation (Northern District of California)

-In re Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Antitrust Litigation (Northern District of California)

-In re Lithium Ion Batteries Antitrust Litigation (Northern District of California)

-In re Optical Disk Drive (ODD) Antitrust Litigation (Northern District of California)

-In re Transpacific Passenger Air Transportation Antitrust Litigation (Northern District of California)

Awards