Candy Barr Heimbach is a shareholder of Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C., serves on the firm’s Executive Committee, and is the Managing Attorney of the Lehigh Valley office . She concentrates her practice in the areas of nursing home/personal care facility defense, outside general counsel services, personal injury defense, professional and occupational licensure defense, and civil litigation defense, with a particular emphasis in medical/dental malpractice defense.Prior to joining Dickie McCamey, Ms. Heimbach practiced for over 32 years as a shareholder with other litigation defense firms in the Lehigh Valley. Before beginning her career in private practice, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Alfred T. Williams, Jr., then-President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County.Professional Accomplishments
American Board of Trial Advocates American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow), inducted in 2024 AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell since 1999 Litigation Counsel of America, Trial Lawyer Honorary Society (Fellow) Moravian College Medallion of Merit Award (2018) Pennsylvania Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession Lynette Norton Award (2013) Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2005-2023 and 2025 Super Lawyers 2011-2013 “Top 50 Women Lawyers in Pennsylvania” ListSpeaking Engagements
Informed Consent After Brady v. Urbas - Taking Another Look” (Presenter), Bar Association of Lehigh County, 9/23/2015
“Beyond Barrick v. Holy Spirit: Guidelines for Expert Witness Communications” (Presenter), Northampton County Bar Association, March 2015 “Anatomy of a Lawsuit and the Impact of the Internet” (Presenter), Oct. 2014 “Grievance or Dispute Resolution Clauses” (Presenter), 9/9/2014 “Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave: How the Internet Can Make or Break the Medical Professional Negligence Case” (Presenter), 63rd Annual Joint Meeting of the Lehigh County Bar Association and Lehigh County Medical Society, 9/9/2014 “EMR and Electronic Communications with Patients: When is It Okay to Hit Send?” (Presenter), Pocono Medical Center Grand Rounds, Dec. 2013\ “Litigation Issues Arising from the Use of Electronic Medical Records” (Presenter), Northampton County Medical Society, Sept. 2013 “The Art of Open Disclosure: Reporting and Notification of Medical Errors” (Presenter), Pocono Medical Center, June 2013 “So You Are Being Deposed ...Things to Consider and Pitfalls to Avoid” (Presenter), Central Pennsylvania Association for Health Care Risk Management, June 2013 “Caring for Yourself While Caring for Your Patients” (Presenter), Sacred Heart Hospital of Allentown’s Family Practice Residency Program, Jan. 2010Publications“Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: The Not-So-Rare Cause of Heart Attack” (Author), Lehigh County Health & Medicine, Summer 2017 “Medical Liability Update: Who’s Looking Out For You?” (Author), Network Magazine, Fall 2015CommunityAmerican Heart Association - Lehigh Valley and Berks Chapter (Go Red for Women Luncheon Executive Committee) Moravian College (former Trustee) Nazareth Area High School (Mock Trial Coach)
Press Releases5/22/2025 Press ReleasesDickie McCamey’s 2025 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Selectees from Pennsylvania10/14/2024 Press ReleasesCandy Barr Heimbach Inducted as ACTL fellow5/30/2023 Press ReleasesDMC’s 2023 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Selectees from Pennsylvania5/26/2021 Press ReleasesDMC’s 2021 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Selectees5/9/2019 Press ReleasesDMC’s 2019 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Selectees2/5/2019 Press ReleasesDMC Opens New Law Offices in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley and Detroit, Michigan
in the Litigation Counsel of America, a trial lawyer honorary society comprised of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. Selection in this organization is based upon effectiveness and accomplishment at the trial level, as well as superior ethical reputation.
Candy is actively involved with her alma mater, having served as president of the Moravian College Alumni Board and as a member of the board of trustees of the college. She is also a member of the Comenius Society, the Moravian College Alumni Association. In addition, Candy has served as a guest speaker at LINC classes and other campus programs, and she has volunteered to serve as a mentor for law students at the Penn State Dickinson School of Law. Candy is a past member of the board of directors of the Center for Humanistic Change, Inc. and the Sayre Child Center, and she has served as a volunteer for the American Heart Association.
Classes/Seminars Taught
•Litigation Issues Arising From the Use of Electronic Medical Records, Northampton County Medical Society, September 2013
•Tort Reform and The Impact Upon Medical Practitioners, presentation for physicians at Sacred Heart Hospital, 2005
•Update on Medical Legal Issues, presentation for physicians at St. Luke's Hospital, 2005
•Disclosure and Reporting of Medical Errors, presentation for physicians at Pocono Medical Center, 2005
•Patient Safety and Risk Management Seminar, presentation for physicians at Easton Hospital, 2005
•Presentation with President Judge Freedberg and Senior Judge Garb for Northampton County Medical Society on the Northampton County Medical Malpractice Mediation Program, 2005
•Dental Management in Pennsylvania: An Overview Regarding Recent Developments and Wages, Pennsylvania Dental Association & Eastern Dental Insurance Company, 1999
•Risk Management Issues in Orthopedic Practice, Warren Hospital, Phillipsburg, New Jersey, 1999
•How to Attack the Catastrophic Injury Claim, Medicine Malpractice Seminar, Adams Mark Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1999
•Risk Management for General Surgeons, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1998
•Chairside Risk Management, Lehigh Valley Dental Society, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1997
•Informed Consent in the Family Practice Office, American Academy of Family Practitioners, Lehigh Valley Division, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1997
•The Risk Management Seminar for Dentists in Eastern Pennsylvania, The Medical Protective Company, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1997
•Risk Management Seminar Street Wise, The Medical Protective Company, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, 1996
Honors & Awards
•Lynette Norton Award, Pennsylvania Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession, 2013
•AV Preeminent by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell
•Litigation Counsel of America Fellows
•Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, 2005-2014; Top 50 Women, 2011-2013
•Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers, 2012
Year Joined Organization: 1998 Member: Associations & Memberships
Bar Association of Lehigh County
•Northampton County Bar Association
•Pennsylvania Bar Association
