Heidi K. Brown
Assistant Professor of Legal Research and Writing

Chapman University School of Law
One University Drive, Orange, California  92866

B.A., Foreign Affairs, The University of Virginia, 1991, Phi Beta Kappa
B.A., French Language & Literature, The University of Virginia, 1991
J.D. The University of Virginia School of Law, 1994

Professor Brown began her legal career as a litigation associate with the Virginia law firm of Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, LLP, specializing in complex commercial contract litigation. After six years, she relocated to New York City and joined Thacher, Proffitt & Wood as a senior litigation associate. For the past five years, she has served as Of Counsel with the construction litigation firm of Moore & Lee, LLP, specializing in briefwriting. Throughout her legal career, Professor Brown has been heavily involved in her firms' summer associate, recruiting and associate training programs. She is the author of Fundamentals of Federal Litigation, published by Thomson-West Publishing. Her book is a training manual for new litigators, based on the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and is in its fifth edition. Professor Brown also co-authored an article entitled, Recoverability of the Cost of Borrowing in Construction Contracts, 17 Public Contract Law Journal 17 (Fall 1997). She is a member of the bars of New York, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Professor Brown has been a featured speaker at industry conferences, including the New York State Bar Association, Municipal Law Section, Annual Meeting, speaking on "Contractor Default and Municipal Remedies: Finishing the Contract and Recovering the Cash," and the Annual Convention of the National Association of Women in Construction, lecturing on "Preserving Payment Claims on Construction Contracts." She has also recently teamed up with Thomson-West Publishing to present Litigation Readiness programs and legal writing training seminars to law firms in New York and Washington, D.C. Professor Brown also enjoys creative writing, specifically the memoir form.