Heath Dillon was raised in Vernon Parish, Louisiana. He attended Northwestern State University for undergraduate studies, where he graduated with honors. He then attended the Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center where he obtained his Juris Doctor degree.
Heath was admitted to practice law in Louisiana in September of 1996. After law school, Heath was commissioned as an officer in the United States Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps, where he served on active duty for 8 years in the ranks of First Lieutenant, Captain and Major.
In 2004, Heath resigned his commission in order to work for the Army at the Fort Polk Office of the Staff Judge Advocate as a civilian attorney. Heath worked in various positions within the Fort Polk legal offices, but spent the vast majority of his time there as the senior and supervising attorney over the Fort Polk Administrative and Civil Law Office. Now, Heath primarily practices criminal law defense, employment law and military law.
