Favorite Quote: "Beware of all enterprises requiring new clothes…" ­ Henry David Thoreau

Primary Areas of Practice: Energy and Telecommunications Law

Richard Heinemann focuses in the areas of energy and telecommunications/cable law, environmental law, general and commercial litigation, and municipal law and finance.

He regularly represents municipal electric utilities before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. Richard has drafted and negotiated agreements on behalf of municipal electric utilities in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois and has represented Wisconsin municipalities and municipal utilities in a variety of matters, including brownfields remediation and contract disputes.

In addition to practicing law in Wisconsin, Richard has also been admitted to practice in the State of Illinois.

• Member of the Energy Bar Association, the State Bar of Wisconsin (Energy and Telecommunications Section; Environmental Law Section) and the Dane County Bar Association
• Recipient of a special award from the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection for contributing to the redesign of Wisconsin water quality programs
• Author of articles on land management, environmental and municipal matters
• Speaker and panelist on zoning, municipal finance and environmental issues
• Graduated cum laude from the University of Wisconsin Law School, Order of the Coif
• Former Editor-in-Chief of Wisconsin Law Review
• Humboldt Foundation Federal Chancellor Fellow

More about Richard:

Richard holds a Ph.D. in Social Thought and Germanic Studies from the University of Chicago, where he also served as an instructor in the Collegiate Division of Humanities. He has won a national award for his translation work.