Heather S. Deane, a Partner in the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office, is an experienced trial attorney who advises and represents a wide array of clients in a variety of litigated claims and business issues. 

Ms. Deane successfully represents businesses and individuals in disputes involving nursing home negligence, construction / design defects and accidents, premises liability, director’s and officer’s liability, errors and omissions claims, employer liability and civil rights, transportation, intentional torts, and general negligence. 

Prior to joining Kiernan Trebach, Ms. Deane worked for the Commonwealth Attorneys’ office of Fairfax County, Virginia, prosecuting criminal cases.  This experience gave her a solid background in trial advocacy, allowing her to try hundreds of bench trials and more than fifty jury trials. 

Ms. Deane received her B.A. from Penn State University in 1994 and J.D. in 1997 from The American University Washington College of Law.

Education

• American University, J.D., 1997
• Pennsylvania State University, B.A., 1994, cum laude

Bar and Court Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Maryland
• Virginia
• Virginia Supreme Court
• United States District Court for the District of Columbia
• United States District Court for the District of Maryland
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
• United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit