Background
Weissman, Barry Leigh was born on May 30, 1948 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Sidney and Eleanor (Siegel) Weissman.
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Education
University of California at Davis (Bachelor of Arts, 1970). University of Santa Clara (Juris Doctor, 1973).
Career
Worked at Graham & James LLP. Admitted to the bar, 1973, California. 1976, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
1977, United States. Supreme Court. 1978, District of Columbia. 1992, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Author: "Prop 51: Panacea or Pandora's BoxBusiness Insurance," California Pleading & Practice Manual by Callahan. Judge Pro Tempore, Los Angeles Municipal Court, 1975. Publications: Proposition 51: Panacea or Pandora's Box? National Underwriter-Property & Casualty Insurance Edition, October 1986.
California Tort Reform Legislation, Insurance and Reinsurance Law International, December 1988. Disaster LitigationThe American Viewpoint, HawksmereInternational Litigation Practitioners Forum Bulletin, May 1990. Insolvent Insurance Companies' Failed Promises, Knapp, Petersen & Clark Report, May 1990.
Personal Injury Litigation in the United States, Hawksmere International Litigation Practitioners Forum Bulletin, September 1990. Late Notice Alone Does Not Allow Reinsurers Opportunity to Deny Coverage, ReActions, 10th Anniversary Issue, March 1991. A Grande Strategy, The Review, Worldwide Reinsurance, May, 1991.
Insurer Insolvencies and Rehabilitations: A Reinsurer's Perspective, Federation of Regulatory Counsel, Inc. Quarterly Journal of Insurance Law and Regulation, March 11, 1995. Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in Reinsurance, Hawksmere9th International Reinsurance Congress, October 1995.
Should Reinsurance Arbitration Decisions Be Confidential? Mealey's Litigation Reports, March 13, 1996. Books: California Pleadings and Practice Forms, (2 vol. set) Callaghan and Company, 1986, supplemented once a year. Member, California State Senate Advisory Committee on Malpractice Insurance.
Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: The District of Columbia Bar. New York State and American Bar Associations.
Membership
Member American Bar Association (member special commission on prepaid legal services, co-chairman editorialbd. general practice section's publications), Beverly Hills Bar Association, Century City Bar Association (Board of Governors, chairman, editor Century City Bar Journal), Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce (co-chairman legal justice committee), Colorado River Association, Western Los Angeles Regional Chamber of C. (director, Chairman of Commission on energyprodn. and conservation).
Connections
Married Beverly Jean Blumenfeld, September 12, 1982.
