Malcolm Heinicke
USA Guide 2024
Band 1 : Labor & Employment
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About
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Career
Malcolm Heinicke is a partner in the San Francisco office of Munger, Tolles & Olson, and he is the Co-Managing Partner of the firm.
His practice focuses on employment and complex commercial litigation, particularly in class and collective actions and employee mobility matters. He handles litigation and counseling matters for a wide variety of leading national and California clients.
Mr. Heinicke served via mayoral appointment (first from Mayor Gavin Newsom and then from Mayor Edwin Lee) as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, the city agency that oversees public transportation, traffic and parking in San Francisco. Mr. Heinicke received this appointment after serving as a Taxicab Commissioner. Mr. Heinicke served in these roles for over 14 years, making him one of the longest serving transportation commissioners in City history. Mr. Heinicke previously served via appointment by former Mayor Willie Brown as chair of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission.
Chambers Review
USA
Malcolm Heinicke has notable expertise in large-scale wage and hour matters, including class and collective actions. He is also very adept at handling trade secret, misclassification and executive termination disputes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He has a lot of invaluable industry knowledge."
"He's very strategic and gets to the resolution quickly, and he recognizes when we should fight and when we should not. He understands what the likely outcomes are and can make good decisions."
"He's a highly strategic thinker, great at cutting to the chase and encapsulating the case in a succinct way that enables you to think about what to focus on and how to engage with it."
"He has a lot of invaluable industry knowledge."
"He's very strategic and gets to the resolution quickly, and he recognizes when we should fight and when we should not. He understands what the likely outcomes are and can make good decisions."
"He's a highly strategic thinker, great at cutting to the chase and encapsulating the case in a succinct way that enables you to think about what to focus on and how to engage with it."