Philip B. Heymann (born October 30, 1932) is a former Deputy Attorney General in the Clinton administration and currently a law professor at Harvard Law School. He has been known as an active critic of the George W. Bush administration, particularly on its warrantless domestic spying program.
In 1954 he graduated from Yale, where he was a member of Scroll and Key Society.
Heymann was formerly a Watergate scandal prosecutor, and compiled the National Football League report on the sexual harassment of female sportswriter Lisa Olson.[1]
Heymann was co-chairman of the Constitution Project's bipartisan Sentencing Committee.
He is also the author of the book Terrorism and America: A Commonsense Strategy For A Democratic Society, published by MIT Press.
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| Preceded by George J. Terwilliger III |
United States Deputy Attorney General Served under: Bill Clinton 1993–1994 |
Succeeded by Jamie Gorelick |