William S. Heyman, Principal
Business Litigation
| Email: | wheyman@offitkurman.com |
| Office Phone: | 301.575.0393 |
| Fax: | 301.575.0335 |
| Mailing Address: | 8171 Maple Lawn Boulevard Suite 200 Maple Lawn, MD 20759 |
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Practice Areas
Practice Focus
William “Bill” Heyman is an experienced commercial litigation attorney with a keen understanding of the financial sector. His commercial litigation practice focuses primarily on financial services and securities litigation, employment cases, and other complex commercial disputes. Being an expert in financial law, he also defends companies, individual directors and officers on behalf of third-party insurers.
Education
- J.D. (with honors), University of Maryland School of Law, 1994
- B.A. (with honors), Swarthmore College, 1991
Bar and Court Admissions
- District of Columbia
- State of Maryland
- U.S District Court, District of Maryland
- Court of Appeals of Maryland
- U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- Superior Court for the District of Columbia
Points of Distinction
A well-respected commercial litigation attorney in the mid-Atlantic region, Bill Heyman is proficient in representing financial institutions and businesses and acting as insurance panel counsel for corporations and professionals with executive level coverage. Despite his accomplished courtroom reputation, Mr. Heyman is most appreciated by his clients for his unique combination of cost-effective litigation strategy and persistent approach to client representation.
Activities
As an active member of the American Bar Association, Mr. Heyman has served as subcommittee chair for the Section of Litigation. In addition to his involvement with the ABA, he serves as chair of the Casenotes Subcommittee of the Commercial and Business Litigation Committee and is a co-chair of the Securities Committee’s Broker-Dealer Litigation Subcommittee. Bill consistently allocates time to representing clients referred from the Maryland Volunteer Lawyer Services and other like agencies.
Aside from his legal affiliations, Mr. Heyman devotes his time to the community by serving on the board of directors for the Advocates for Children and Youth, a nonprofit organization that serves the interests of Maryland's children. He has also served as chairman of the board of directors for Ner Tamid Synagogue.
Publications/Speeches
Mr. Heyman is currently focusing his efforts on the new FinCen Anti-money Laundering regulation which all financial institutions must comply with by August 13. He has published relevant videos on the topic, and been quoted in articles about the regulations.
Articles
- AML Compliance Deadline is August 13: It Still isn’t Too Late to Come into Compliance
- Offit Kurman Attorney Bill Heyman Quoted in "Reviewing FinCEN's new rules and regulations"
Videos
- "Introduction to the FinCen Anti-money Laundering Regulation"
- "Practical Application of the FinCen Anti-money Laundering Regulation"
Mr. Heyman has highlighted his legal expertise in multiple publications, including the American Bar Association’s Securities Litigation Journal, Commercial and Business Litigation Journal, and the ABA website. As an author, he has commented on a wide range of securities and communications-related issues, including Uniform Fiduciary Standards, Blue Sky rules in multi-state transactions, attorney-client privilege on workplace computers, and Resale Price Maintenance.
From 2006-09, Mr. Heyman was the author of the chapter on the definition of a security in the ABA Broker Litigation Annual Survey. This report identifies and summarizes significant court decisions and administrative proceeding before the SEC and CFTC that involved broker-dealers, investment bankers, and future–commission merchants.
Previous Work
William Heyman brings his financial law expertise to Offit Kurman after a long career with a prominent Baltimore-based law firm. As a partner in that firm, his reputation for working with his clients to develop effective case strategies, outstanding communication, and returning favorable results, has earned him a spot as one of the area’s most sought-after commercial litigation attorneys.
Honors
Earlier this year, the Section of Litigation honored Mr. Heyman as an Outstanding Subcommittee Chair for his contributions in 2009-10. William Heyman has earned the highest level of peer review from Martindale-Hubbell.
