Krista Perry Heckmann

Associate

Washington + 1.202.879.3788

Krista Perry Heckmann is a litigator with experience representing clients in trials, arbitrations, mediations, and appeals in venues across the country.

Before joining Jones Day in 2021, Krista served as a law clerk to Justice Neil M. Gorsuch and Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the Supreme Court of the United States. She also served as a law clerk to Chief Judge William H. Pryor Jr. of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

Experience

  • Donte Parrish argues before U.S. Supreme Court that certain premature notices of appeal become effective when appeal period begins to runJones Day represented Donte Parrish in the U.S. Supreme Court in a case presenting a question about notices of appeal that is particularly important to pro se incarcerated litigants.
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts prevails in First Circuit on ERISA claims brought by Massachusetts Laborers’ Health & Welfare FundIn an important win for the third-party administrator (TPA) industry, Jones Day persuaded the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to affirm the dismissal of ERISA claims brought by the Massachusetts Laborers’ Health & Welfare Fund against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA).
  • Major public company moves to dismiss Federal Trade Commission enforcement suit for lack of constitutional authorityJones Day moved to dismiss an FTC suit against a major public company on the ground that the FTC lacks constitutional authority to sue in federal court for monetary or injunctive relief.