Jack Bertrand Weinstein

Background

Weinstein, Jack Bertrand was born on August 10, 1921 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Son of Harry Louis and Bessie Helen (Brodach) Weinstein.

Education

Bachelor, Brooklyn College, 1943. Bachelor of Laws, Columbia University, 1948. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Columbia University, 2004.

Doctor of Laws (honorary), Yeshiva University. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Albany University. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Hofstra University.

Doctor of Laws (honorary), Long Island University. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Yale University. Doctor of Laws (honorary), New York University.

Doctor of Laws (honorary), St. Francis College, 2007.

Career

Associate, Columbia Law School, 1948-1949; law clerk, New York Court Appeals Judge Stanly H. Fuld, 1949-1950; partner, William Rosenfeld, New York City, 1950-1952; member of faculty, Columbia Law School, 1952-1967; professor of law, Columbia Law School, 1956-1967; Adjunct Professor, Columbia Law School, 1967-1997; United States judge, (Eastern District New York), 1967-1993; chief judge, (Eastern District New York), 1980-1988; senior judge, Eastern District New York, since 1993. Visiting professor University Texas, 1957, U. Colorado, 1961, Harvard University, 1982, Georgetown University, 1991, Brooklyn Law School, 1988-1997, others. Counsel New York Joint Legislation Committee Motor Vehicle Problems, 1952-1954, State Sen.

Seymour Halpern, 1952-1954. Reporter advising committee practice and procedure New York State Temporary Commission Court Justices, 1955-1958. Advising committee practice New York Judicial Conference, 1963-1966;advising committee rules of evidence United States Judicial Conference, 1965-1975, member committee jurisdiction, 1969-1975, member, 1983-1986.

Member 2d Circuit Judicial Council, 1982-1988, United States Judicial Conference, 1983-1986, others in past.

Achievements

• Bar: New York 1949.

Works

• book

  • Individual Justice in Mass Tort Litigation

    (One of the most prominent of contemporary jurists, Judge ...)

  • Ethical dilemmas in mass tort litigation
  • Individual Justice in Mass Tort Litigation by Jack B. Weinstein (1995-02-01)

Membership

Chairman New York Democratic advisory committee on Constitutional Convention, 1955. Board directors New York Civil Liberties Union, 1956-1962, Cardozo School Law, Conference on Jewish Social Studies, 1980-1988. National advisory board American Jewish Congress, 1960-1967, Cooperative American Relief Everywhere, 1985-1990, Federation Jewish Philanthropies, 1985-1994.

Chairman lay board Riverside Hospital Adolescent Drug Users, 1954-1955. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Member American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, Association of Bar of City of New York, Nassau County Bar Association, American Law Institute, Society Public Teachers Law (England), American Academy Arts and Sciences.

Connections

Married Evelyn Horowitz, October 10, 1946. Children: Seth George, Michael David, Howard Lewis.

Father:

Harry Louis Weinstein

Mother:

Bessie Helen (Brodach) Weinstein

Spouse:

Evelyn Horowitz

child:

Michael David Weinstein

child:

Seth George Weinstein

child:

Howard Lewis Weinstein