Heather A. Lachenauer is an experienced litigator, appellate advocate and educator who has successfully represented international companies, federal agencies, businesses, exempt organizations, and individuals. She has developed legal expertise in a variety of areas, including religious liberty, higher education, corporate governance, employment, and intellectual property. Prior to joining Brown & Streza, Heather served as a Vice President and in-house General Counsel for the University of Dallas where she was responsible for legal affairs, risk management, and compliance and she served as liaison to the Board of Trustees.

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Heather has taught Political Science, Rhetoric, and Poetics and Aesthetics as an adjunct professor and is a former member of the Board of Regents of St. John Paul the Great Catholic University. She has been actively involved in various aspects of Catholic education for more than twenty years.

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Prior to practicing law, Heather spent ten years working in the field of international development and humanitarian aid, with a focus on legal reform and economic development in Central and Eastern Europe and West Africa and the development of sustainable education in Papua New Guinea.

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Heather completed her undergraduate work at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. She studied philosophy and theology at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology and obtained a Master’s degree in Education and Human Development at George Washington University. She earned her law degree from the University of Notre Dame. A Virginia native, Heather is a member of the State Bar of California and the State Bar of Texas, and is admitted to practice before multiple federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court.