Mark Heisey

Prior to becoming a civil litigator, Mark served a 2 year tour of duty with the United States Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic as a Community Environmental Development and Education specialist.  After graduating with highest honors from Golden Gate University School of Law, Mark worked as a litigator in house for an insurer, trying several cases as a first chair trial attorney in his time there.  Mark currently works as a contract attorney at Burnham Brown, specializing in complex motion drafting and trial advocacy.

• General Civil litigation practice with an emphasis in the areas of premises liability, personal injury, retail and hospitality.
• Evaluates risk and exposure of claims and recommends litigation strategies to corporate clients.
• Represents parties in all phases of litigation, including discovery, law and motion, mediation, and trial.

• First Chair trial experience in three cases prior to joining Burnham Brown.
• Second chair trial experience in personal injury habitability.

• Interview and develop legal strategy for clients seeking dismissals or resolutions of criminal conviction.

• Febrary 2020: Landlord/tenant and premises liability/breach of warranty of habitability lawsuit in which the plaintiff’s demand for most of the lawsuit was $2.5 million. The trial was interrupted on March 17, 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions, and resumed on June 25th.  After deliberating for a day and a half, the jury returned a verdict awarding plaintiff only $93,290 in damages and found for defendants on Plaintiff’s causes of action for Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress, Concealment, and punitive damages.

• State Bar of California
• Alameda County Bar Association 

• United States Peace Corps - El Factor, Maria Trinidad Sanchez, Dominican Republic

• Golden Gate University School of Law (J.D., 2014)
• University of California at Davis (B.A. in Political Science, 2007)

• California, 2014
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 2018
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 2018

• Spanish

• Business & Commercial
• Litigation
• Retail and Hospitality

• Retail and Hospitality

• Paul Caleo, Katrina Durek, and Mark Heisey Win Motion for Summary Judgment for Nordstrom in Fraud Lawsuit

• Safi Nairobi v. Watkins - First Premises Liability/Breach of Warranty of Habitability Civil Jury Trial During COVID-19 Era

• Paul Caleo and Mark Heisey Win First Premises Liability/Breach of Warranty of Habitability Civil Jury Trial During COVID-19 Era