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In 2007, Lieff Cabraser attorneys, with local co-counsel, obtained a $50 million verdict against Daimler Chrysler in a wrongful death action. Our firm has participated in over thirty-five $100 million-plus settlements and verdicts, including ten cases in excess of $1 billion.

 
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, 2004-2007.
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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"Popcorn firms removing diacetyl linked to lung ailments in factory workers"
December 18, 2007, Associated Press

The nation's four biggest makers of microwave popcorn have removed a flavoring chemical linked to a lung ailment in popcorn plant workers from nearly all their products. The companies say all their microwave popcorn recipes should be changed by January. More...

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