Edward J. Heffernan

Ed Heffernan practices labor and employment law, with a sharp focus on the financial services sector. He protects his clients’ commercial interests: He enforces employment contracts, he protects trade secrets, and he protects intellectual property rights. Ed devotes much of his practice to restrictive covenant litigation and defending employers from workplace claims, including age, race, and gender discrimination; wrongful termination; retaliation; constructive discharge; and defamation. He regularly handles arbitrations involving unsuitable investments, financial services industry violations, regulatory investigations, and incentive compensation, many of which involve close coordination with expert witnesses. Ed’s experience in the employment field lends greatly to his higher education practice, where he defends colleges and universities in disputes involving student discipline, privacy issues, the accommodation of disabilities, and student and faculty contract and due process claims.