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.
- The University of Chicago (J.D. with high honors 2016; Order of the Coif; Topic Access & Recruitment Editor, The University of Chicago Law Review); University of California, Los Angeles (B.A. in History & Political Science summa cum laude 2012)
- District of Columbia, Illinois, and U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Fifth, and Eleventh Circuits
- Law Clerk to: Justice Neil M. Gorsuch (2020-2021) and Justice Anthony M. Kennedy (2017-2018), Supreme Court of the United States and Chief Judge William H. Pryor Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit (2016-2017)