Background
Heckman, Jerome Harold was born on June 7, 1927 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Morris and Pauline (German) Heckman.
Heckman, Jerome Harold was born on June 7, 1927 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Morris and Pauline (German) Heckman.
BSS, Georgetown University, 1948. Bachelor of Laws, Georgetown University, 1953. Juris Doctor, Georgetown University, 1967.
Worked at Keller and Heckman Limited Liability Partnership (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in Administrative Practice before Federal Departments and Agencies of Federal, State and Foreign Governments. Representation before Congress and State Legislatures. Civil and Criminal Litigation before Federal and State Courts.
Trade Associations Representation.
Domestic and International Business Transactions. Food and Drug, Telecommunications, Environmental, Occupational Health and Safety, Labor and Employment, Transportation, Litigation, International Trade, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Product Liability, Advertising and Labeling, Corporate, Contracts, and Intellectual Property.
Admitted to the bar, 1953, District of Columbia and United States. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
1965, United States. Supreme Court.
Phi Delta Phi. Listed in: Who"s Who in America and Who"s Who in American Law. Federal Legislation Editor, Georgetown University Law Journal, 1952-1953.
President, The Plastics Academy of the United States, 1995.
Member: Editorial Board, "Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. Council of "International Society of Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology," 1981. Editorial Board, "Food Drug Cosmetic Law Journal," Food and Drug Law Institute, 1985-1988.
Author: "Fathoming Food Packaging Regulation: A Guide to Independent Industry Action," 42 Food Drug Cosmetic Law Journal 38 (January, 1987).
"Harmonizing Food Packaging Regulations: An American and European Dilemma," 47 Food and Drug Law Journal, 579 (May, 1992). "De Minimis and Harmonization of International Regulations," Imperial Chemical Industries International "Plastics for Packaging Food" Symposium, Geneva, May, 1994.
Inducted into the Plastics Industry Hall of Fame on October 8, 1986. Awarded the National Sanitation Foundation Spes Hominum (Hope of Mankind) award on April 21, 1987.
Member: The District of Columbia Bar.
Bar Association of the District of Columbia. American Bar Association. Federal Communications Bar Association.
Keller and Heckman, founded in 1962 has a broad practice in regulatory law, litigation and business transactions, serving both domestic and foreign clients.
The firm has been a pioneer in the use of inter-disciplinary approaches in problem-solving. Foreign example, since 1971 the firm has had an in-house scientific staff, which works closely with the firm"s attorneys in matters of great technical complexity.
In addition, many of the firm"s attorneys have expertise in multiple areas of law, as well as experience in government.
Member: Editorial Board, "Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. Council of "International Society of Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology," 1981. Editorial Board, "Food Drug Cosmetic Law Journal," Food and Drug Law Institute, 1985-1988.
Married Margot Resh, June 16, 1948 (divorced October 1977). Children: Eric Stephen, Carey Eugene. Married Ilona Ely Grenadier, January 2, 1986.