Timothy J. Heaphy

Timothy J. Heaphy (born 1964) is a white-collar criminal defense attorney, law professor and a former United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia. He served as the lead investigator for the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack.[1]

Timothy Heaphy
United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia
In office
December 4, 2009 – January 1, 2015
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byJohn L. Brownlee
Succeeded byJohn P. Fishwick, Jr.
Personal details
Born1964 (age 58–59)
New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationUniversity of Virginia (BA, JD)

Education and early career

Heaphy was raised in a Maryland suburb of Washington D.C. He attended college at the University of Virginia where he played football. He is married to Lori Shinseki, the daughter of Eric Shinseki.[2]

After graduating from the University of Virginia in 1986, Heaphy taught at a private school for a year and then joined the staff of Senator Joe Biden (D-Del.) He returned to Charlottesville, Virginia in 1988 to attend law school, graduating in 1991.[3]

Heaphy was a law clerk to Judge John A. Terry of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals before joining the law firm of Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco.[4]

Federal career

Following a two-year stint at Morrison & Foerster, Heaphy joined the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.[4]

In 2003, Heaphy joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Virginia based in Charlottesville, Virginia. After three years, Heaphy returned to private practice, serving as a partner with the law firm of McGuireWoods.[5] In 2009, Heaphy was nominated by President Barack Obama and became the United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia on December 11, 2009.[4][6]

Return to private practice

He left the U.S. Attorney's office in December 2014 to join Hunton & Williams.[6]

In 2016, Heaphy founded a nonprofit organization that will provide low-interest loans to formerly incarcerated persons, The Fountain Fund.

In 2017, Heaphy authored a report, commissioned by the City of Charlottesville, on the city's handling of the August 2017 Unite the Right rally.[7]

Heaphy served as an assistant Virginia attorney general and as counsel for the University of Virginia before taking a leave of absence from both positions in August 2021 after being appointed as chief investigative counsel for the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack.[8]

Awards

In 2003, The National Law Journal named Heaphy one of its 40 Important Lawyers Under 40.[9]

Notes
  1. Glenn Thrush; Luke Broadwater (May 17, 2022). "Justice Dept. Is Said to Request Transcripts From Jan. 6 Committee". The New York Times.
  2. Bell, William Gardner (1981). Quarters One: The United States Army Chief of Staff's Residence (PDF). p. 31. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  3. "Timothy J. Heaphy". Hunton & Williams LLP. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  4. "Timothy J. Heaphy, Western District of Virginia". U.S. Department of Justice. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  5. Graham, Lerone (31 July 2009). "Richmond lawyer Timothy Heaphy tapped for U.S. attorney post". Roanoke Times. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  6. Vozzella, Laura (November 25, 2014). "Timothy Heaphy, U.S. Attorney in Virginia, steps down". Washington Post. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  7. Wamsley, Laurel (December 1, 2017). "What Went Wrong In Charlottesville? Almost Everything, Says Report". NPR. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  8. Cain, Andrew (August 12, 2021). "Heaphy to serve as chief investigative counsel for committee probing Jan. 6 attack on U.S. Capitol". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Archived from the original on August 13, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  9. 40 Under 40: A Look at Some of the Most Important Young Litigators in America. The National Law Journal July 29, 2002.

References
  • Movers. The National Law Journal February 6, 2006
  • Jen McCaffrey, Federal Jury Spares Convicted Killer’s Life in Double-Murder Case, The Roanoke Times, February 18, 2005.
  • Jim Keary. "'Slasher' is sentenced; Robber terrorized residents on Hill", The Washington Times, December 17, 1997.
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