Walter Heiser
Marina Gonzalez-Hernandez
mgonzalez@SanDiego.edu
(619) 260-4125
Professor of Law
- LLM, 1978, Harvard University
- JD, 1971, University of Wisconsin
- BA, 1968, University of Michigan
Areas of Expertise
Federal Courts, Comparative Law, International Law, International Civil Litigation, Civil Litigation, Civil Procedure
Professional Experience
Heiser was associate director of the Legal Aid Society of St. Louis and a teaching fellow at Harvard University Law School. He has been a visiting professor of law at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis. He joined the USD School of Law faculty in 1978.
Honors and Affiliations
Heiser was the recipient of USD’s Thorsnes Prize for Excellence in Teaching in 1997, USD’s University Professorship in 2001, and USD’s Herzog Endowment Scholar Award in 1997. He is a member of the Order of the Coif.
Scholarly Work
California Civil Procedure (Lexis Nexis, 2012); “Using Anti-Suit Injunctions to Prevent Interdictory Actions and to Enforce Choice of Court Agreements” in 2011 Utah Law Review 855 (2011); “The Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements: The Impact of Forum Non Conveniens, Transfer of Venue, Removal, and Recognition of Judgments in Courts in the United States” in 31 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 1013 (2010); “Forum Non Conveniens and Retaliatory Legislation: The Impact on the Available Alternative Forum Inquiry and on the Desirability of Forum Non Conveniens as a Defense Tactic” in 56 Kansas Law Review 609 (2008); “A Minimum Interest Approach to Personal Jurisdiction” in 35 Wake Forest Law Review 915 (2000); and “Forum Selection Clauses in Federal Courts” in 45 Florida Law Review 554 (1993).