Megan Heinsz is a founding member of Dowd Bennett LLP and a partner in the firm.  Prior to joining the firm in 2006, Ms. Heinsz clerked for Judge Patricia Breckenridge on the Missouri Court of Appeals-Western District and Judge E. Richard Webber of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.  She also worked as an associate at Bryan Cave LLP in that firm’s litigation department.

Ms. Heinsz has extensive trial experience, having been a member of the trial team in multiple cases tried to verdict and judgment.  Her trial experience includes obtaining successful multi-million dollar verdicts in lengthy trials in federal and state courts for multiple clients.  In U.S. ex rel. Gonzalez v. Fresenius Medical Care et al., Ms. Heinsz participated in successfully trying to jury verdict a seven-count False Claims Act case in a month long trial in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.  Ms. Heinsz participated in all aspects of the trial, including assisting in the preparation of opening statement, closing arguments, witnesses, and cross-examinations.  She also managed the presentation and organization of all exhibits at trial.  Ms. Heinsz also served as part of the trial team of Bi-State v. Cross Country Collaborative, where she assisted in all aspects of the trial, including the preparation of and cross-examination of witnesses, opening statement, and closing argument.  She has acted as second-chair trial counsel in two successful jury trials in federal court, Creative Management Services, Inc. v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. and Brent v. Redfearn.

Ms. Heinsz has also participated in all phases of pre-trial proceedings and has appellate experience.  She has extensive experience under the False Claims Act and in her national practice has represented multinational corporations in matters in the Western and Eastern Districts of Texas, the Middle District of Tennessee, the Northern District of Illinois, and Ohio state court.