Tim Heaphy

Tim Heaphy (born 1964) is a white-collar criminal defense attorney, former federal prosecutor, and law professor.

Education and Early Career

Heaphy was raised in a Maryland suburb of Washington D.C. He attended college at The University of Virginia where he played football.

Graduating from UVA in 1986, Heaphy taught at a private school for a year and then joined the staff of Senator Joe Biden (D-Del.) He returned to Charlottesville, Virginia in 1988 to attend law school, graduating in 1991.

After a judicial clerkship with D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge John A. Terry, Heaphy joined the law firm of Morrison Foerster in San Francisco.

Federal Prosecutor

Following a two-year stint at Morrison Foerster, Heaphy joined the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, D.C.

As an Assistant United State Attorney in the Organized Crime and Narcotics Section, Heaphy supervised an investigation conducted by an FBI "Safe Streets" task force that resulted in a 158-count indictment charging 17 defendants with multiple murders and drug-trafficking violations. [4] He also convicted the Capitol Hill Slasher. As of late 2002, he had prosecuted 55 cases and lost only 3. In 2003, The National Law Journal named Heaphy a Top 40 Lawyers Under 40. [40 Under 40 A Look at Some of the Most Important Young Litigators in America. The National Law Journal July 29, 2002.]

In 2003, Heaphy joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office in The Western District of Virginia based in Charlottesville, Virginia. He successfully prosecuted Brent Simmons, who had been serving 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the grisly deaths of two James Madison students in Harrisonburg, Virginia in 1995. After public outcry over the leniency of Simmons’s sentence and the discovery of new evidence clearly implicating Simmons in the murders, prosecutors indicted Simmons for federal weapons and stalking charges. Simmons was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment with no chance of profile.

Present day

Heaphy joined McGuireWoods, LLP, a prominent Richmond-based law firm in 2006, as a partner in the firm's commercial litigation department. He focuses on white collar defense and government investigations. Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R) is one of his clients. Heaphy also teaches a course in trial advocacy and a federal criminal practice seminar at University of Virginia Law School.

Personal accolades

In 2003, The National Law Journal named Heaphy one of its 40 Important Lawyers Under 40.

References

* Movers. The National Law Journal February 6, 2006
* "40 Under 40: A Look at Some of the Most Important Young Litigators in America." "The National Law Journal", July 29, 2002.
* Jen McCaffrey, Federal Jury Spares Convicted Killer’s Life in Double-Murder Case, "The Roanoke Times", February 18, 2005.
* Jim Keary. "'Slasher' is sentenced; Robber terrorized residents on Hill", "The Washington Times", December 17, 1997.

External links

* Biography at McGuireWoods.com [http://www.mcguirewoods.com/lawyers/index/timothy_j_heaphy.asp]