Mr. Robert Heim

Council Member Biography

Robert G. Heim is Partner at the law firm of Meyers & Heim LLP in New York City, where he specializes in corporate and securities law, including corporate formation and capital raising, securities regulatory work, securities litigation, white collar criminal defense, and NASD arbitrations. Previously, until 1999, Mr. Heim was Assistant Regional Director of the US Securities and Exchange Commission in New York City, where, as an attorney in the Enforcement Division, he was responsible for prosecuting several high profile cases, including the SEC case against eight New York Stock Exchange floor brokers and the SEC case against Orlando Joseph Jett. He was also responsible for cases involving accounting fraud, fraudulent sales practices, insider trading, and market manipulation. Mr. Heim was awarded the SEC's prestigious Capital Markets Award in 1999. He is frequently asked to speak on subjects relating to business and securities law and has lectured at Yale University, the Wharton School of Business, and New York University's Stern School of Business. Mr. Heim is admitted to practice law in the US Supreme Court and in the State and Federal Courts of New York and is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. He graduated cum laude from Fordham Law School in New York. (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

1999 - Unspecified

Partner, MEYERS & HEIM LLP

1993 - 1999

Assistant Regional Director (NY), U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION