Welcome to Law offices of Donald H. Heller
A Preeminent Sacramento Criminal Defense Attorney

Don Heller is one of California’s highly regarded trial lawyers specializing in the trial of complex criminal cases in the state and federal courts. Mr. Heller for more than thirty years has actively and aggressively represented individuals, corporations and other business organizations in state and federal prosecutions and investigations with competence and dedication.

For the past thirty years Mr. Heller has represented clients in hundreds of criminal cases including bank and mortgage fraud, tax evasion, mail and wire fraud, healthcare false claims, money laundering, environmental crimes, murder and vehicular manslaughter cases. Mr. Heller has also represented business entities in consumer fraud cases including but not limited to unfair competition and false advertising claims.

Mr. Heller is listed in Best Lawyers in America in the specialties of Non-White-Collar Criminal Defense and White-Collar Criminal Defense.

“Selection to Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive and rigorous peer-review survey comprising more than 2 million confidential evaluations by the top attorneys in the country. Because no fee or purchase is required, being listed in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Our annual, advertisement-free publication has been described in The American Lawyer as ‘the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.’”

Mr. Heller is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Sacramento Valley Chapter, a distinguished national organization comprised of the most skilled and experienced trial lawyers in the United States. ABOTA is an organization that invites its members to join after an internal nominating process and vote of the local chapter and requires at a minimum twenty trials to verdict in the state and/or federal courts and a proven reputation for competence, civility and ethics.

Mr. Heller is and has continuously been rated AV by Martindale & Hubbell, a peer review assessment of professional competence and integrity.