Joseph P. Conran

Joseph P. Conran is a litigation attorney at Husch Blackwell. Joe is a former executive board member and former co-chair of Husch Blackwell. Joe handles antitrust disputes, class-action litigation, consumer-fraud allegations, securities violations and other cases. Joe represented Monsanto (now Bayer) in a patent-infringement trial against DuPont over technology for herbicide-resistant soybeans. A jury in St. Louis, Missouri federal court returned a $1 billion verdict on behalf of Monsanto. Joe defeated class certification in litigation against Express Scripts, which consisted of more than 20 cases from jurisdictions across North America. Joe also won summary judgment on key issues, affirming the core business functions of Express Scripts.

Joe currently serves as Chair of the Board of Trustees of Saint Louis University and is a member of numerous other nonprofit boards. Joe was one of the organizers of the Trial Practice Institute, an annual three-day seminar that trains young lawyers in development of a comprehensive, well-organized approach to litigation. He also has lectured on trial advocacy at Saint Louis University School of Law and the University of Virginia School of Law. Before entering private practice, Joe was a captain in the U.S. Air Force, serving as a judge advocate. He was a chief prosecuting attorney for Travis Air Force Base in California, one of the busiest court-martial jurisdictions in the world.