• Criminal Law
• Personal Injury • Traffic Law and DUI
MR. HEILBERG is practicing into his fifth decade helping
clients throughout central Virginia with assistance in criminal defense,
personal injury and other matters. Mr. Heilberg has tried cases before a jury
on over 100 occasions. He has advocated on behalf of individuals facing charges
including capital murder, driving under the influence, assault and white-collar
crimes such as embezzlement and fraud.
A 1975 graduate of Union College, with a BA in political
science, Mr. Heilberg was awarded his JD from Washington and Lee University
School of Law in 1979 before admission to practice before all Virginia courts.
He was subsequently admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for
the Western and Eastern Districts of Virginia, the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the 4th Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. Prior to entering private practice
in 1982, Mr. Heilberg spent three years as the Assistant Commonwealth's
Attorney for Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. For at least the next 10
years, Mr. Heilberg was appointed as Acting Commonwealth’s Attorney to serve as
a special prosecutor of certain cases in the City of Charlottesville and
Albemarle, Greene and Fluvanna Counties. Also, early in his private practice
career, he engaged in general law practice covering many more legal subject
matters.
Fellow professionals recommended Mr. Heilberg for an AV*
peer review rating through Martindale-Hubbell/Lawyers.com, a 10.0 “Superb” peer
review rating through Avvo and he has been selected to Super Lawyers: 2011 –
2025. He is a former President and board member of the Virginia Association of
Criminal Defense Lawyers, and he has been an active participant in the Virginia
Trial Lawyers Association and the National Association of Criminal Defense
Lawyers.
Mr. Heilberg handles cases in every state and federal court
for a distance covering approximately 60 miles in every direction around
Charlottesville.
He taught as adjunct faculty for Trial Advocacy at the
Washington & Lee School of Law. He is regularly invited to deliver presentations
on criminal law topics before groups of fellow professionals as well as college
and law school students. Along with Corinne Magee and Timothy Carwile, he is
the co-editor of Defending Criminal Cases in Virginia (2012, 2016, 2018 and
2020 editions), a practice manual for professionals in this field, and is the
author of Chapter 8: Eyewitness Identification Procedures, distributed by
Virginia Continuing Legal Education publications.
