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Heather French

Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

Heather French joined American Capital in May 2004 as Vice President and Associate General Counsel, and was promoted to Deputy General Counsel in January 2008.  She is responsible for handling litigation, labor and employment and intellectual property matters at American Capital. Prior to joining American Capital, Ms. French was a Counsel in the Washington, D.C. and McLean, Virginia offices of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, where her practice focused on complex commercial and employment litigation, as well as labor and employment counseling on a myriad of issues. 

Ms. French received her B.A., with distinction, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center, where she served as an Editor of the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics and a member of the Georgetown Moot Court Team. Ms. French is a member of the District of Columbia and Virginia Bars.