Candy Barr Heimbach Receives Lynette Norton Award

Candy Barr Heimbach is being honored by The Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Commission on Women in the Profession as the recipient of its annual Lynette Norton Award.

The Norton Award was created in memory of Lynette Norton, a founding member of the PBA Commission on Women in the Profession who died in 2002. Norton was an advocate for young women in the legal profession and worked to promote literacy and women’s rights. The award is designed to recognize and encourage female attorneys who excel in litigation and who are devoted to mentoring female lawyers.

Heimbach is a shareholder in the Bethlehem office of Marshall Dennehey. As a member of the Health Care Department, she concentrates her practice in medical and dental malpractice defense, long-term care defense, health care law and other civil litigation. Heimbach also served as a senior vice president and member of the board of directors for the firm for six years. 

An alumna of The Dickinson School of Law, Heimbach has been practicing law for more than 25 years. She was named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer from 2005 to 2012 in the area of personal injury defense – medical malpractice, and was also named as one of the Top 50 Women Pennsylvania Super Lawyers in 2011 and 2012. Heimbach is an active member of the legal community, serving on the Medical Legal Committee for both the Northampton County Bar Association and the Bar Association of Lehigh County. She is a mentor to young and aspiring attorneys, serving as chair of the Women Lawyers of Lehigh Valley and Beyond and as a coach for high school students participating in mock trial programs.

A dedicated member of her community, Heimbach sits on the boards of the Celtic Cultural Alliance and Cops 'N Kids. She is a member of Quota International and serves as vice president of the Kiwanis Club of Lehigh Valley Industrial Park. She is a past member of the board of directors of the Center for Humanistic Change and the Sayre Child Center, and has served as a volunteer for the American Heart Association.

Heimbach will be presented with the Lynette Norton Award during a ceremony on May 9, 2013, in association with the PBA Commission on Women in the Profession annual conference at the Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown.