William R. Heaston
Associate
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Phone: +1 215 979 1229
- Duane Morris LLP
30 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196
USA
William R. Heaston practices in the areas of appellate litigation, commercial litigation and white-collar criminal defense. Mr. Heaston is a 2021 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, where he served as senior editor of the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law and received the Lipman Redman Prize for excellence in legal research and writing. During law school, he interned for the Honorable Cheryl A. Krause of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the Honorable Stephanie M. Rose of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, and the Honorable Jonathan E. Hawley of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. He also completed an externship in the University of Pennsylvania Office of Audit, Compliance and Privacy.
In addition to his legal training, Mr. Heaston holds graduate degrees from the Wharton School and the University of Sussex, where he focused his research on corporate compliance issues and anti-corruption policy. He completed his undergraduate studies at Drake University in his hometown of Des Moines, Iowa.
Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of International Trade
Education
- University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, J.D., 2021
- Senior Editor, University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law
- Lipman Redman Prize
- Distinguished Pro Bono Service Award - The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, M.S., 2021
- Winkelman Research Fellow and Platt Fellowship in Business Ethics - University of Sussex, M.A., with Distinction, 2016
- Drake University, B.A., summa cum laude, 2015
- Phi Beta Kappa
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Associate, 2022-present
Selected Publications
- Co-author, "Third Circuit Creates Circuit Split on Preemption Issue Regarding Pesticide Product Labeling," Duane Morris Alert, September 4, 2024
- Co-author, "Updated Federal Rules Can Improve Product Liability MDLs," Law360, June 11, 2024
- Co-author, "U.S. Supreme Court Signals It May Jettison Chevron Doctrine," Duane Morris Alert, January 19, 2024
- Co-author, "New FDA Draft Guidance Documents Stand to Alter the 510(k) Process for Medical Devices," Duane Morris Alert, October 3, 2023
- Co-author, "NLRB Joins Efforts to Curtail Enforcement of Non-Compete Agreements," Duane Morris Alert, June 2, 2023
- "Clickbait Compliance and Transnational Corruption," 48 U. Dayton L. Rev., 2023
- Comment, "Copycat Compliance and the Ironies of “Best Practice,” 24 U. Pa. J. Bus. L. 750, 2022 (Cited in In re McDonald’s Corp. S’Holder Derivative Litig., 289 A.3d 343 [Del. Ch. 2023])