Timothy Heinle is an expert on civil indigent defense in North Carolina, including abuse, neglect, and dependency cases, guardianship, and child support contempt proceedings.
As a faculty member in the School's Public Defense Education program, he focuses on providing education and resources to civil defense attorneys, including parent attorneys and guardian ad litem attorneys in adult incompetency matters. Heinle joined the School in 2020.
Previously, Heinle practiced law in areas including trial and appellate level work on juvenile abuse, neglect, and dependency cases; termination of parental rights hearings; incompetency and guardianship matters; and child support contempt proceedings.
In 2022, he received the School's Margaret Taylor Writing Award for “outstanding writing that displays [a] clear and direct style,” for The First Seven Days as a Parent Defender and the Performance Excellence Award for "collaborative, dedicated, and innovative efforts that advance the mission of the School of Government.”
Heinle earned a J.D. from New England Law in Boston.
Selected Publications
Heinle, Timothy. 2021. The First Seven Days as a Guardian ad Litem in an Incompetency Proceeding. Chapel Hill, NC. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Government.
