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Darrell L.
Heckman was admitted to the Bar of Ohio in 1975. He began his
legal career in Urbana, Ohio on July 1, 1975 as Assistant
Prosecuting Attorney of Champaign County, Ohio and also opened a
part-time private practice. He left the Prosecutor's Office in
October, 1976 and went out on his own full-time.
Mr. Heckman served as
City Solicitor of the City of Urbana briefly in 1977 and was an
elected member of the City of Urbana Charter Commission from
1977-1978, culminating in the passage of the first ever charter
of the City of Urbana.
Mr.
Heckman moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1979, took and
passed the New Mexico Bar Examination and practiced law in
Albuquerque from 1979-1980. He then returned to Urbana, Ohio
and reopened his practice there.
In 1988, Mr. Heckman
was elected Prosecuting Attorney for Champaign County, Ohio and
served two consecutive terms as Prosecutor from January, 1989 to
January, 1997. During that time, Mr. Heckman continued in his
private practice on a part-time basis.
The modern era of the
firm began in January, 1997 when Mr. Heckman returned to the
full-time practice of law. In March of 1999 the firm moved to
its present location at 107 North Main Street in downtown
Urbana.
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