Jeannie Heffernan is an experienced trial lawyer who has won numerous patent and trademark trials across the country in a wide variety of industries, from telecommunications to medical devices to haute couture.  Many of Jeannie’s cases have been venued in the Eastern District of Texas, which feels like a second home.  She has been a member of the Eastern District of Texas Bench Bar Planning Committee for many years.  Jeannie also has a vibrant pro bono practice, where she represents post-conviction death-row prisoners, victims of sex trafficking, and unaccompanied minors in immigration proceedings.  Jeannie received a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and an M.A. and J.D. from the University of Chicago.