Mariah Heinzerling

Overview

Clients rely on Mariah Heinzerling for careful, fact-driven research and analysis that strengthens complex class action cases. She contributes to the Plaintiffs’ Rights Practice Group with thorough investigations and creative approaches to legal strategy.

Mariah Heinzerling is an associate in Dilworth’s Plaintiffs’ Rights Practice Group, where she focuses on securities fraud, consumer protection, shareholder derivative suits, and environmental law. She works closely with senior attorneys to investigate claims, review evidence, conduct legal research, and draft filings for complex class actions in federal and state courts.

Mariah’s work includes analyzing public records, case law and client-provided materials to help build strong complaints and respond to defense motions. She is skilled at identifying potential claims, assessing their viability and framing them effectively. Her casework has involved consumer claims, data breaches, product liability, and corporate misconduct, and she enjoys applying her skills to new and challenging subject areas.

Mariah is motivated by the opportunity to help people harmed by corporate malfeasance, especially when individual claims might not otherwise be addressed. She views class actions as a vital tool for achieving meaningful relief in those cases. Mariah earned her law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2022, where she served as articles editor for the Georgetown Environmental Law Review and worked in the school’s Environmental Law Clinic. She also gained experience at the New York Attorney General’s Environmental Protection Bureau, focusing on toxic waste disposal and lead exposure from drinking water.