Richard M. Heimann
Partner
San Francisco
Practice Areas Include: Antitrust, Personal Injury/Torts, Securities and Financial
Bar Information
Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, 1972; District of Columbia, 1974; California, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1974; U.S. Supreme Court, 1980; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1980; U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii, 1986.
Education
Georgetown University (J.D., 1972), Georgetown Law Journal, 1971-72; University of Florida (B.S.B.A., with honors, 1969).
Prior Employment
Mr. Heimann served as Deputy District Attorney and Acting Assistant District Attorney for Tulare County, California, 1974-75; Assistant Public Defender in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1972-74.
Awards
"Northern California Super Lawyer," Law & Politics,
2004-2009; The Best
Lawyers in America,
2007-2010.
Publications & Articles
Panelist, Securities Law Roundtable, California Lawyer, April 2007; Co-Author, “Preliminary Issues Regarding Forum Selection, Jurisdiction, and Choice of Law in Class Actions,” December 1999.
Litigation Experience
As a private civil law attorney, Mr. Heimann has tried over 30 civil jury cases, including complex cases such as the successful FPI/Agretech and Edsaco securities class action trials. In April 2002 in the Edsaco case,
a federal jury in San Francisco, California returned a $170.7 million
verdict against Edsaco Ltd., which included $165 million in punitive
damages.
Member
State Bar of California; Bar Association of San Francisco.