Dick Anthony Heller
Respondent
Alan Gura, Counsel of Record Dick Anthony Heller, ShellyParker, Tom Palmer, Gillian St. Lawrence, Tracey Ambeau, and George Lyon filedsuit against the District of Columbia in 2003, challenging theconstitutionality of the city’s 1976 ban on handguns. After a Federal districtcourt dismissed the case, Heller appealed to the District of Columbia CircuitCourt of Appeals, which, on March 9, 2007, voted two-to-one to strike down theDistrict law. The city then appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which grantedcertiorari on November 20, 2007. Alan Gura is apartner with the law firm Gura & Possessky, where he specializes inintellectual property, constitutional law, and civil…
