California, Corona, Law Offices Of Sean M. Burke, A Professional Corporation

Heather J. Higson is a 1989 graduate of Pepperdine University School of Law. She received the Best Respondent Brief Award in the Vincent S. Dalsimer Moot Court Competition and top grades in several of her law classes. She attended her Law School's International Program in London during the Fall of 1987 and received the top grade in Comparative Law. She was chosen for a prestigious law clerk position at Morrison & Foerster's London office. Ms. Higson received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature and Highest Honors (A+) on her Senior Thesis from Middlebury College. Ms. Higson became a member of the State Bar of California in 1989, the same year she became an Associate Attorney at Rushfeldt, Shelley & Drake, specializing in medical malpractice defense representing physicians and hospitals. In 1991, she relocated to San Diego and worked as an Associate Attorney at Duckor & Spradling representing patients and their families on medical malpractice cases and victims of automobile accidents and product defects. Ms. Higson married Robert, also an attorney, and relocated to South Orange County. From 1993 to 1999, she was an Associate Attorney at Bonne, Bridges, Mueller, O'Keefe & Nichols in Santa Ana, managing a substantial professional liability case load, specializing in medical malpractice defense representing physicians and hospitals. In 1999, Ms. Higson established the Law Office of Heather J. Higson and has been entrusted with handling the medical malpractice and elder abuse cases of patients and their loved ones, and personal injury and product defect cases for victims ever since. She has experience in every aspect of medical malpractice work, from case inception through discovery and trial. She takes a conservative approach to case selection, screening cases carefully with medical experts and applying her years of training, experience and intuition to each case evaluation. Maintaining an ethical yet aggressive approach to her law practice is a goal that Ms. Higson has met year after year since becoming a member of the State Bar of California in 1989. She is a member of the Orange County Bar Association.

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