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title: Steven Heimberg
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![Steven Heimberg](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Heimberg-Steven_51844ab9d474c97623fef579468ae0e7.jpg)

# Steven Heimberg

Steven Heimberg M.D., Attorney at Law is both a physician and a personal injury attorney. The founding partner of Heimberg Barr, LLP, he has practiced law for more than 25 years, earning remarkable results for his clients including the highest medical-malpractice verdict in California history at the time of the award. He is a longtime board member of CAOC and Emeritus board member of CAALA.

### Articles written by this author:

## [Medical-care issues that can kill your personal-injury case](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-march/medical-care-issues-that-can-kill-your-personal-injury-case "Medical-care issues that can kill your personal-injury case")

Don’t let defendants try to use malpractice as a shield to defeat your case

[Steven Heimberg](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/steven-heimberg "Steven Heimberg")

[2014 March](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-march)

[![Don’t let med-mal defendants use the ACA to gut medical damages](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Heimberg-West-thinkstock-95229628_5518f693c92c110e1340177e3dcc7ef4.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-november/don-t-let-med-mal-defendants-use-the-aca-to-gut-medical-damages "Don’t let med-mal defendants use the ACA to gut medical damages")

## [Don’t let med-mal defendants use the ACA to gut medical damages](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-november/don-t-let-med-mal-defendants-use-the-aca-to-gut-medical-damages "Don’t let med-mal defendants use the ACA to gut medical damages")

A medical damages roadmap that addresses the interplay between the ACA, MICRA and the collateral-source rule

[Steven Heimberg](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/steven-heimberg "Steven Heimberg")

[2015 November](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-november)

[![Med mal: Holding hospitals liable under [[case]]Elam[[/case]] for doctors’ negligence](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Heimberg_Sam-Edwards-istock-151811860_2d2927ec9eea40d59447e4ac96a825aa.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-march/med-mal-holding-hospitals-liable-under-elam-for-doctors-negligence "Med mal: Holding hospitals liable under [[case]]Elam[[/case]] for doctors’ negligence")

## [Med mal: Holding hospitals liable under [[case]]Elam[[/case]] for doctors’ negligence](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-march/med-mal-holding-hospitals-liable-under-elam-for-doctors-negligence "Med mal: Holding hospitals liable under [[case]]Elam[[/case]] for doctors’ negligence")

Hospitals can be held liable for negligence of the doctors, including independent contractors such as ER docs

[Steven Heimberg](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/steven-heimberg "Steven Heimberg")

[2018 March](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-march)