Timothy J. Heaphy
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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. He is married to Lori Shinseki, the daughter of Eric Shinseki.[2]
After graduating from the University of Virginia 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.[3]
Heaphy was a law clerk to Judge John A. Terry of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals before joining the law firm of Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco.[4]
Federal career
Following a two-year stint at Morrison & Foerster, Heaphy joined the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.[4]
In 2003, Heaphy joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Virginia based in Charlottesville, Virginia. After three years, Heaphy returned to private practice, serving as a partner with the law firm of McGuireWoods.[5] In 2009, Heaphy was nominated by President Barack Obama to became the United States attorney for the Western District of Virginia, assuming that post on December 11, 2009.[4][6]
Return to private practice
He left the U.S. Attorney's office in December 2014 to join Hunton & Williams.[6]
In 2016, Heaphy founded a nonprofit organization that provides low-interest loans to formerly incarcerated persons, The Fountain Fund.
In 2017, Heaphy authored a report, commissioned by the city of Charlottesville, on its handling of the August 2017 Unite the Right rally.[7]
Heaphy served as an assistant Virginia attorney general and as counsel for the University of Virginia before taking a leave of absence from both positions in August 2021 after being appointed as chief investigative counsel for the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack.[8] He was fired as university counsel while on leave from that position by Virginia's new Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares in January 2022.[9]
Awards
In 2003, The National Law Journal named Heaphy one of its 40 Important Lawyers Under 40.[10]
Notes
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- ↑ 40 Under 40: A Look at Some of the Most Important Young Litigators in America. The National Law Journal July 29, 2002.
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References
- Movers. The National Law Journal February 6, 2006
- 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
- Timothy J. Heaphy, United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorneys, U.S. Department of Justice
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- 1964 births
- Living people
- American criminal defense lawyers
- Lawyers from New Haven, Connecticut
- People associated with Hunton Andrews Kurth
- People associated with Morrison & Foerster
- United States attorneys for the Western District of Virginia
- University of Virginia School of Law alumni