Timothy J. Heaphy
{{Short description|American lawyer}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Timothy Heaphy
|image = Timothy Heaphy.jpg
|office = United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia
|president = Barack Obama
|term_start = December 4, 2009
|term_end = January 1, 2015
|predecessor = John L. Brownlee
|successor = John P. Fishwick, Jr.
|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1964}}
|birth_place = New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = Democratic
|education = University of Virginia (BA, JD)
}}
Timothy J. Heaphy (born 1964) is a white-collar criminal defense attorney, law professor and a former United States attorney for the Western District of Virginia. He served as the lead investigator for the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack.{{cite news |title=Justice Dept. Is Said to Request Transcripts From Jan. 6 Committee |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/17/us/politics/jan-6-committee-transcripts.html |work=The New York Times |date=May 17, 2022|author1=Glenn Thrush|author2=Luke Broadwater}}
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.{{cite book|last1=Bell|first1=William Gardner|title=Quarters One: The United States Army Chief of Staff's Residence|date=1981|page=31|url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/070/70-22/CMH_Pub_70-22.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309010230/http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/070/70-22/CMH_Pub_70-22.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 9, 2014|accessdate=21 September 2016}}
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.{{cite web|title=Timothy J. Heaphy|url=https://www.hunton.com/professionals/uniEntity.aspx?xpST=ProfessionalDetail&professional=6777&op=&ajax=no|publisher=Hunton & Williams LLP|accessdate=21 April 2015}}
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.{{cite web|title=Timothy J. Heaphy, Western District of Virginia|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao/timothy-j-heaphy-western-district-virginia|publisher=U.S. Department of Justice|accessdate=21 April 2015}}
Federal career
Following a two-year stint at Morrison & Foerster, Heaphy joined the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.
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.{{cite news|last1=Graham|first1=Lerone|title=Richmond lawyer Timothy Heaphy tapped for U.S. attorney post|url=http://www.roanoke.com/webmin/news/richmond-lawyer-timothy-heaphy-tapped-for-u-s-attorney-post/article_951066dc-277f-53a7-830c-941f17026344.html|accessdate=21 April 2015|publisher=Roanoke Times|date=31 July 2009}} 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.
Return to private practice
He left the U.S. Attorney's office in December 2014 to join Hunton & Williams.{{cite news |last1=Vozzella |first1=Laura |title=Timothy Heaphy, U.S. Attorney in Virginia, steps down |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/timothy-heaphy-us-attorney-in-virginia-steps-down/2014/11/25/f664d3c4-74e3-11e4-bd1b-03009bd3e984_story.html |accessdate=January 9, 2015 |agency=Washington Post |date=November 25, 2014}}
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.{{cite news|last=Wamsley|first=Laurel|title=What Went Wrong In Charlottesville? Almost Everything, Says Report
|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/01/567824446/charlottesville-made-major-mistakes-in-handling-protest-review-finds|accessdate=December 1, 2017|publisher=NPR|date=December 1, 2017}}
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.{{cite news |last=Cain |first=Andrew |date=August 12, 2021 |title=Heaphy to serve as chief investigative counsel for committee probing Jan. 6 attack on U.S. Capitol |url=https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/heaphy-to-serve-as-chief-investigative-counsel-for-committee-probing-jan-6-attack-on-u/article_8fc66ac0-cc4d-5ccd-a2d9-74a09b2ed133.html |url-status=live |work=Richmond Times-Dispatch |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813101625/https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/heaphy-to-serve-as-chief-investigative-counsel-for-committee-probing-jan-6-attack-on-u/article_8fc66ac0-cc4d-5ccd-a2d9-74a09b2ed133.html |archive-date=August 13, 2021 |access-date=August 16, 2021}} He was fired as university counsel while on leave from that position by Virginia's new Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares in January 2022.{{cite news|last1=Palmer |first1=Ewan |title=Democrats Outraged After Jan. 6 Lawyer Tim Heaphy Fired From University of Virginia |url=https://www.newsweek.com/university-virginia-lawyer-tim-heaphy-jan6-miyares-1672039 |work=Newsweek |accessdate=January 10, 2020 |date=January 24, 2022}}
Awards
In 2003, The National Law Journal named Heaphy one of its 40 Important 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.
Notes
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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
- [https://www.justice.gov/usao/biographies/heaphy.html Timothy J. Heaphy, United States Attorney], Office of the United States Attorneys, U.S. Department of Justice
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Category:American criminal defense lawyers
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Category:United States attorneys for the Western District of Virginia