Blake Muir Harper
Partner
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Mr. Harper is admitted to the State Bars of California and Utah and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Central and Northern Districts of California and for the District of Utah, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He graduated from the University of Utah College of Law in 1981, where he served as Executive Editor of the Utah Law Review and received an award in a national legal writing competition. He then served as law clerk to the Honorable David K. Winder, U.S. District Judge for the District of Utah.
Before starting Hulett Harper Stewart, Mr. Harper was a partner in the San Diego office of Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, where he directed as lead class counsel prosecution of numerous securities and consumer actions throughout the United States, including In re L.A. Gear Sec. Litig. (C.D. Cal.) (settled for more than $50 million); In re Genentech Sec. Litig. (N.D. Cal.) (settled for $29 million); In re Bonneville Pacific Sec. Litig. (D. Utah) (settled for $25 million); In re Network Equipment Technologies Sec. Litig. (N.D. Cal.) (settled for cash and securities valued in excess of $23 million); Cytryn v. Cook (N.D. Cal.) (settled for $19.5 million). Mr. Harper was also one of the trial counsel in In re Apple Computer Sec. Litig., No. C-84-20198(A)-JW (N.D. Cal.), where a jury verdict was obtained against two corporate officers in a case where damages exceeded $100 million.
At Hulett Harper Stewart, he has, among other cases, been lead counsel in Stenovich v. Eccles (3d Dist. Ct. Utah), a breach of fiduciary duty case settled for $29.5 million; liaison counsel in prosecuting In re Broadcom Sec. Litig., (C.D. Cal.), settled for $150 million; executive committee member in In re Conseco Life Insurance Co. Cost of Insurance Litig. (C.D. Cal.), settled for cash or insurance benefits valued in excess of $250 million; and liaison counsel in In re Quest Software, Inc. Sec. Litig. (C.D. Cal), a securities class action settled for $29.4 million. Mr. Harper is currently interim lead counsel in a consumer class action captioned In re DirecTV Early Cancellation Fee Marketing and Sales Practices Litig. (C.D. Cal.), and represents the FDIC in certain bank litigation. He has taught at Practicing Law Institute and Lorman seminars on topics of accountant liability and civil procedure. Mr. Harper was selected for inclusion in the 2008-2011 listings of San Diego Super Lawyers.
Before starting Hulett Harper Stewart, Mr. Harper was a partner in the San Diego office of Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, where he directed as lead class counsel prosecution of numerous securities and consumer actions throughout the United States, including In re L.A. Gear Sec. Litig. (C.D. Cal.) (settled for more than $50 million); In re Genentech Sec. Litig. (N.D. Cal.) (settled for $29 million); In re Bonneville Pacific Sec. Litig. (D. Utah) (settled for $25 million); In re Network Equipment Technologies Sec. Litig. (N.D. Cal.) (settled for cash and securities valued in excess of $23 million); Cytryn v. Cook (N.D. Cal.) (settled for $19.5 million). Mr. Harper was also one of the trial counsel in In re Apple Computer Sec. Litig., No. C-84-20198(A)-JW (N.D. Cal.), where a jury verdict was obtained against two corporate officers in a case where damages exceeded $100 million.
At Hulett Harper Stewart, he has, among other cases, been lead counsel in Stenovich v. Eccles (3d Dist. Ct. Utah), a breach of fiduciary duty case settled for $29.5 million; liaison counsel in prosecuting In re Broadcom Sec. Litig., (C.D. Cal.), settled for $150 million; executive committee member in In re Conseco Life Insurance Co. Cost of Insurance Litig. (C.D. Cal.), settled for cash or insurance benefits valued in excess of $250 million; and liaison counsel in In re Quest Software, Inc. Sec. Litig. (C.D. Cal), a securities class action settled for $29.4 million. Mr. Harper is currently interim lead counsel in a consumer class action captioned In re DirecTV Early Cancellation Fee Marketing and Sales Practices Litig. (C.D. Cal.), and represents the FDIC in certain bank litigation. He has taught at Practicing Law Institute and Lorman seminars on topics of accountant liability and civil procedure. Mr. Harper was selected for inclusion in the 2008-2011 listings of San Diego Super Lawyers.