Candy Barr Heimbach is a shareholder of Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C., serves on the firm’s Executive Committee, and is the Managing Attorney of the Lehigh Valley office . She concentrates her practice in the areas of nursing home/personal care facility defense, outside general counsel services, personal injury defense, professional and occupational licensure defense, and civil litigation defense, with a particular emphasis in medical/dental malpractice defense.Prior to joining Dickie McCamey, Ms. Heimbach practiced for over 32 years as a shareholder with other litigation defense firms in the Lehigh Valley. Before beginning her career in private practice, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Alfred T. Williams, Jr., then-President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County.Professional Accomplishments
American Board of Trial Advocates American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow), inducted in 2024 AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell since 1999 Litigation Counsel of America, Trial Lawyer Honorary Society (Fellow) Moravian College Medallion of Merit Award (2018) Pennsylvania Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession Lynette Norton Award (2013) Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2005-2023 and 2025 Super Lawyers 2011-2013 “Top 50 Women Lawyers in Pennsylvania” ListSpeaking Engagements
Informed Consent After Brady v. Urbas - Taking Another Look” (Presenter), Bar Association of Lehigh County, 9/23/2015
“Beyond Barrick v. Holy Spirit: Guidelines for Expert Witness Communications” (Presenter), Northampton County Bar Association, March 2015 “Anatomy of a Lawsuit and the Impact of the Internet” (Presenter), Oct. 2014 “Grievance or Dispute Resolution Clauses” (Presenter), 9/9/2014 “Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave: How the Internet Can Make or Break the Medical Professional Negligence Case” (Presenter), 63rd Annual Joint Meeting of the Lehigh County Bar Association and Lehigh County Medical Society, 9/9/2014 “EMR and Electronic Communications with Patients: When is It Okay to Hit Send?” (Presenter), Pocono Medical Center Grand Rounds, Dec. 2013\ “Litigation Issues Arising from the Use of Electronic Medical Records” (Presenter), Northampton County Medical Society, Sept. 2013 “The Art of Open Disclosure: Reporting and Notification of Medical Errors” (Presenter), Pocono Medical Center, June 2013 “So You Are Being Deposed ...Things to Consider and Pitfalls to Avoid” (Presenter), Central Pennsylvania Association for Health Care Risk Management, June 2013 “Caring for Yourself While Caring for Your Patients” (Presenter), Sacred Heart Hospital of Allentown’s Family Practice Residency Program, Jan. 2010Publications“Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: The Not-So-Rare Cause of Heart Attack” (Author), Lehigh County Health & Medicine, Summer 2017 “Medical Liability Update: Who’s Looking Out For You?” (Author), Network Magazine, Fall 2015CommunityAmerican Heart Association - Lehigh Valley and Berks Chapter (Go Red for Women Luncheon Executive Committee) Moravian College (former Trustee) Nazareth Area High School (Mock Trial Coach)
Press Releases5/22/2025 Press ReleasesDickie McCamey’s 2025 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Selectees from Pennsylvania10/14/2024 Press ReleasesCandy Barr Heimbach Inducted as ACTL fellow5/30/2023 Press ReleasesDMC’s 2023 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Selectees from Pennsylvania5/26/2021 Press ReleasesDMC’s 2021 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Selectees5/9/2019 Press ReleasesDMC’s 2019 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Selectees2/5/2019 Press ReleasesDMC Opens New Law Offices in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley and Detroit, Michigan
