Background
Weinstein, Harris was born on May 10, 1935 in Providence. Son of Joseph and Gertrude (Rusitzky) Weinstein.
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Harris Weinstein, American lawyer. Bar: District of Columbia 1962. Vice president Jewish Social Service Agency, 1995—1998; member Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation, 1989—1995; board directors Jewish Community Relations Council Greater Washington, 2004—2008; Member National Press Club.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1956. Master of Science in Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1958. Bachelor of Laws, Columbia University, New York City, 1961.
Career
Worked at Covington & Burling. Admitted to the bar, 1962, District of Columbia. Editor in Chief, Columbia Law Review, 1960-1961.
Chief Counsel, Office of Thrift Supervision, United States Department of the Treasury, 1990-1992.
Assistant to the Solicitor General, United States Department of Justice, 1967-1969. Law Clerk to Judge William H. Hastie, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1961-1962.
Public Member, Administrative Conference of the United States, 1982-1990. Chairman of Committee on Government Processes, 1985-1990.
Counsel to Contests Committee of the Republican National Committee and Credentials Committee of the Republican Convention, 1984 and 1988.
Chairman, Working Group on Terrorism, American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security, 1986-1988. Lecturer, University of Virginia Law School, 1996. Member, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation, 1989-1995.
President, Association of Alumni and Alumnae of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984-1985.
Chairman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni and Alumnae Board, 1986-1988. Vice President Jewish Social Service Agency of Metropolitan Washington.
Author: "Advising Corporate Directors after the Savings and Loan Disaster," 48 Business Lawyer 1499 (1993). "Attorney Liability in the Savings and Loan Crisis," 1993 Illinois.
L. Review 53 (1993); "Client Confidences and The Rules of Professional Responsibility: Too Little Consensus and Too Much Confusion," 35 South. Texas L. Review
1001 (1994).
Achievements
Membership
Member, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation, 1989-1995. President, Association of Alumni and Alumnae of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984-1985. Chairman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni and Alumnae Board, 1986-1988.
Vice President Jewish Social Service Agency of Metropolitan Washington.
Connections
Married Rosa Grunberg, June 3, 1956;children: Teme Feldman, Joshua, Jacob.
