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Heather Richardson

Heather Richardson

USA 2026

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Ranked in 1 practice area

Healthcare

California

7 years ranked

About

Provided by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

USA

Practice Areas

Heathers’ practice focuses on health care, insurance, mass tort, and class action matters. She has extensive experience in federal court, state court, and arbitration tribunals across the country. Heather has represented health plans and plan sponsors in lawsuits and regulatory matters on a wide range of issues including reimbursement policy, out-of-network payment methodologies, coverage determinations, quality of care, pharmacy benefits, physician oversight, provider contracting, and privacy issues. Heather has also represented various clients in mass tort and class action matters involving medical devices and other consumer products.

Career

Heather speaks on panels and at conferences on issues related to managed care litigation, class actions, electronic discovery, women in the law, and legal ethics. She has also taught as a lecturer at UCLA School of Law.

Personal

J.D. University of California – Los Angeles – 2006. M.P.H. University of California – Los Angeles – 2006.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Healthcare - California

Band 4
Band 4

Individual Editorial
Heather Richardson of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher comes recommended for her expert handling of health insurance issues, including advising on both external investigations and litigation such as large scale class actions.

Strengths

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  • Heather is thoughtful and provides very good legal advice.

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California

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