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Overview
Practice Areas
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85% Personal Injury
27 years, 2,000 cases
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15% Criminal Defense
17 years, 350 cases
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About me: I represent human beings, not big corporations or insurance companies. I fight for justice for my clients.
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Résumé
Licenses
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27 years
since David Scott Heller was first licensed to practice law in WA.
We have not found any instances of professional misconduct for this lawyer.
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Work Experience
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| Position |
Duration |
| Owner at Heller Law Firm, PLLC |
1991–present
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Education
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| School |
Major |
Degree |
Graduated |
| University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
Law |
JD - Juris Doctor cum laude |
1982 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Civil Engineering |
BS - Bachelor of Science |
1979 |
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Awards
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| Award Name |
Granting Organization |
Date |
| AV Rating |
Martindale-Hubbell |
1997 |
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Associations
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| Position |
Association Name |
Duration |
| Member |
Washington State Bar Association |
1982–present
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| Member |
Washington State Trial Lawyers Association |
1984–present
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| Member |
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers |
1991–present
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| Member |
Washington Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys |
1991–present
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| President |
NYHS Board of Directors |
2006–present
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| Board of Governors |
Washington State Bar Association |
2007–present
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Washington State Bar Association |
2005–2007
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| Member |
Washington State Bar Association Disciplinary Board |
2005–2007
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Washington State Bar Association |
2007
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| Vice President |
NYHS Board of Directors |
2004–2006
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| Board of Directors |
Washington Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys |
1998–2004
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| Member |
NYHS Board of Directors |
2002–2004
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| Board of Directors |
Washington State Trial Lawyers Association |
1990–1997
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| Secretary/Treasurer |
Washington State Trial Lawyers Association |
1992–1993
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| Editor in Chief |
Washington State Trial Lawyers Association |
1990–1992
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| Member |
Normandy Park Community Club Board of Directors |
1987–1990
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| Editorial Board |
Washington State Trial Lawyers Association |
1984–1988
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Portfolio
Publications
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| Article |
Publication |
Date |
| Personal Injury Cases - The Plaintiff's Perspective |
Washington Lawyers Practice Manual |
2006 |
| The Amistad — The Rest of the Story |
Trial News |
1998 |
| A Dialogue Concerning Two Systems |
Trial News |
1997 |
| Lawyer Bashing -- Unjustified, Inevitable, Ignorable |
Trial News |
1993 |
| Breach of Duty to Defend Costly |
Trial News |
1993 |
| Is Anybody There? Does Anybody Care? |
Trial News |
1993 |
| Attorney's Fees Awards in Restaurant Liability Cases |
Trial News |
1993 |
| The Impossible Dream |
Trial News |
1992 |
| The Silence of the Lambs -- Dow, Breast Implants, and Washington's Right to Know Law |
Trial News |
1992 |
| Too Many Lawyers or Too Many Vice Presidents? |
Trial News |
1992 |
| Warning -- Nationwide v. Watson Trap for the Unwary |
Trial News |
1992 |
| The Gentle Art of Criminal Defense |
Trial News |
1992 |
| The Modern Use of Res Ipsa Loquitur |
Trial News |
1992 |
| Getting Back the Sheep -- A Revolution in First Party Insurance Litigation? |
Trial News |
1992 |
| Why Civil Practitioners Should Practice Criminal Law |
Trial News |
1992 |
| Time to Raise the Price of Safety Violations |
Trial News |
1991 |
| Statutory Construction & the Empty Chair |
Trial News |
1991 |
| U.S. Supreme Court -- Some Bests & Worsts |
Trial News |
1991 |
| Jury Confounds "Experts" and Decides Case Correctly |
Trial News |
1991 |
| Governmental Civil Disobedience and the Rule of Law |
Trial News |
1991 |
| The Significance of Written Jury Instructions |
Trial News |
1991 |
| The Ancient Origins of Tort Law |
Trial News |
1991 |
| Quotes Without Comment - the Importance of Oaths |
Trial News |
1991 |
| A Primer on the Sentencing Reform Act |
Trial News |
1991 |
| Why Does America Have Capital Punishment? |
Trial News |
1990 |
| The Magna Charta |
Trial News |
1990 |
| Multiple Accidents |
Trial News |
1990 |
| Rendering Moral Advice |
Trial News |
1990 |
| The Economic Value of Life |
Trial News |
1989 |
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Speaking Engagements
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| Speaking Engagement Name |
Conference |
Date |
| Cutting Edge Trial Strategies |
Continuing Legal Education Seminar |
2005 |
| Planning Your Case |
Continuing Legal Education Seminar |
2004 |
| Making & Meeting Objections |
Continuing Legal Education Seminar |
2002 |
| Uninsured Motorist Bad Faith Litigation |
Continuing Legal Education Seminar on Insurance Law |
2001 |
| Tort Law Update |
Continuing Legal Education Seminar on Tort Law |
1998 |
| Excluding Bogus Expert Witnesses |
Convention Continuing Legal Education Seminar on Automobiles |
1997 |
| Jury Instructions in Soft Tissue Injury Cases |
Continuing Legal Education Seminar on Soft Tissue Injury Cases |
1995 |
| Tort Law Update |
Continuing Legal Education Seminar on Tort Law |
1995 |
| Motions in Limine |
Continuing Legal Education Seminar on Civil Trials & Evidence |
1994 |
| The Fight to Survive - Legal Issues in 3 Strikes and You're Out |
Continuing Legal Education Seminar on New Developments |
1994 |
| Jury Selection in Automobile Injury Cases |
Continuing Legal Education Seminar on Automobile Cases |
1993 |
| Free Speech, Freedom of Religion, and Search & Seizure in Public Schools |
Teacher's Law School |
1993 |
| Jurisdiction, Venue, & Service of Process |
Continuing Legal Education Seminar on Civil Procedure |
1988 |
| Legal system, torts & insurance, criminal law, constitutional law |
People's Law School |
1988 |
| Resurrecting the Deadman's Statute |
Annual Convention-Seminar |
1987 |
| Paying for the Forum: Underinsured Motorist Arbitrations |
Annual Convention-Seminar |
1986 |
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