A Doctor & A LawyerDr. Heimberg is a medical doctor and an attorney. With this distinctive background, he has earned record-setting medical verdicts and settlements ever paid in California and Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and Kern counties, as well as in Riverside and Ventura counties at that time.
A Winning CombinationDr. Heimberg has been nationally recognized for his accomplishments in protecting consumers against hospitals, HMOs, nursing homes, and negligent doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.
Dr. Heimberg and his team of attorneys and support staff are as proud of the personal service they provide to their clients as they are of the recognition they receive from the legal community.
Verdicts & SettlementsHighest Medical Verdict Paid in California
Highest Medical Verdict Paid in Los Angeles County
Highest Medical Verdict Paid in Ventura County (at time of verdict)
Highest Medical Settlement Paid in California
Highest Medical Settlement Paid in Riverside County (at time of settlement)
Highest Medical Settlement Paid in Kern County
Highest Personal Injury Verdict Paid in Santa Barbara County
Responsible for numerous changes in medical malpractice law in favor of consumers
$9 Million Verdict – Birth Injury and Medical Malpractice
$17 Million Verdict – Birth Injury and Medical Malpractice
$10.6 Million Settlement – Misdiagnosis and Medical Malpractice
$4 Million Settlement – Brain Damage and Medical Malpractice
$3.3 Million Verdict – Medical Malpractice
$3.2 Million Settlement – Failure to Diagnosis and Medical Malpractice
Honors & AwardsTop 100 Southern California Super Lawyers, 2007 – 2009
Southern California Super Lawyers, 2005 – 2009
Best Lawyers of America, 2007 – 2009
Top 500 Plaintiffs’ Lawyers in America, Lawdragon, 2007
3,000 Leading Lawyers in America, Lawdragon,
2006 - 2007
Top 500 Leading Litigators in America, Lawdragon, 2006
Appellate Lawyer of the Year (nominee), Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 2004
Los Angeles Trial Lawyer of the Year, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 2002
Other Outstanding AchievementsSpecial Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services
Professional AssociationsConsumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, governor emeritus, Board of Governors
Consumer Attorneys of California, Board of Governors, former member Board of Directors
American Board of Trial Advocates
Litigation Counsel of America, Fellow
Medical Malpractice Committee, Consumer Attorneys of California, Co-chairperson
American College of Legal Medicine, Fellow
National Board of Medical Examiners, Diplomate
State Bar of Arizona, 2007
State Bar of California, 1987
Community InvolvementWYNGS – Rebuilding Lives After a Spinal Cord Injury, Recipient of Benefactor Award
Shane’s Inspiration, Board of Directors
Little Tokyo Service Center, Board of Directors
Cambodian Education Project
Ralph’s Riders – Peer Support for People with Spinal Cord Injuries, Board of Directors
EducationUCLA, School of Law, 1983
Post-graduate Medical Training, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Doctor of Medicine, University of Missouri, 1979
Bachelor’s Degree, University of Tennessee, 1974