Timothy Kearns recognizes that most cases are won or lost before they are even filed. Timothy’s experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants, ranging from individual investors to multinational corporations, provides him greater insight into the benefits and risks that matter most to clients. His dedication to helping clients realistically assess their options before and throughout litigation and his tenacity in securing a result, through appeal if necessary, help to ensure exceptional outcomes for his clients.

As a partner in Hausfeld’s Washington, DC office, Timothy engages in a varied practice of antitrust litigation, securities litigation, commodities litigation, and other complex commercial litigation. Timothy handles matters involving complex financial instruments and heads the firm’s investigation of matters under securities and commodities laws. His matters include:

• In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation, in which Timothy has overcome three motions to dismiss and has secured more than $2.3 billion in settlements in a case alleging collusion among international banks to artificially fix the prices of foreign exchange instruments;
• MTB Investment Partners, LP v. Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc., in which Timothy secured a securities fraud settlement that returned more than 115% of recognized losses after attorneys’ fees and expenses to former shareholders in HearUSA, Inc.;
• Precision Associates, Inc. v. Panalpina World Transport (Holding) Ltd., in which Timothy defended two defendants against allegations of antitrust violations within the global freight forwarding industry.