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Attorney Profile
Lieff Cabraser Attorney Richard M. Heimann

Richard M. Heimann

Partner

San Francisco

Practice Areas Include: Antitrust, Personal Injury/Torts, Securities and Financial

E-Mail:

rheimann@lchb.com

Phone:

(415) 956-1000

Fax:

(415) 956-1008

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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.
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  • Our lawyers have years of experience successfully representing clients in personal injury cases.
  • There is no charge or obligation for our review of your case.
  • In death and serious injury cases, we are pleased to visit you where you live, at no cost, to discuss your legal rights and answer your questions.
  • We have retained automotive safety and medical experts nationwide to assist our clients with their claims.
 
About Lieff Cabraser

Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, is a national plaintiffs' law firm of over 50 lawyers with offices in San Francisco, New York and Nashville. Our attorneys are recognized for the successful prosecution of lawsuits involving deaths, personal injuries and property damage due to defective products, including dangerous and defective vehicles.

In 2007, in Mraz v. DaimlerChrysler, Lieff Cabraser attorneys, with local co-counsel, obtained the fourth-largest verdict in California for the year. At trial, plaintiffs showed that a defective transmission was responsible for making a Dodge Dakota pickup shift into reverse and run over Richard Mraz.

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