About
Professor Heinemann teaches Combatting International Corruption. He has years of experience handling sensitive international law enforcement issues in cases of direct interest to U.S. and foreign companies operating internationally. Since 2012, he has practiced law in the U.S. Department of State’s legal office that handles international law enforcement and intelligence issues, including as the office’s Assistant Legal Adviser and a member of the Senior Executive Service from 2012 to 2020. In that capacity, he supervised a team of lawyers and paralegals managing the Department’s extradition practice and providing legal advice on a number of international legal issues including corruption, terrorism, drug trafficking, and trafficking in persons. He was also part of the U.S. delegation that negotiated the UN Convention Against Corruption, which plays a central role in the international legal framework governing corruption issues affecting international business. Prior to joining the international law enforcement and intelligence office, he worked in several of the State Department’s other legal offices, including those focused on sanctions and terrorist financing as well as political-military affairs. Prior to joining the U.S. State Department, he worked as an associate in the Washington, DC office of Arnold & Porter, specializing in legislative issues, campaign finance compliance, and lobbying law.