Background
Weiss, Jack Meyar was born on January 5, 1947 in New Orleans. Son of J.M. and Louise (Feitel) Weiss.
Weiss, Jack Meyar was born on January 5, 1947 in New Orleans. Son of J.M. and Louise (Feitel) Weiss.
Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1968). Harvard Law School (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1971). Phi Beta Kappa. Editor, 1969-1970.
Treasurer and Managing Editor, 1970-1971, Harvard Law Review.
Law Clerk to Judge John Minor Wisdom, United States. Court of Appeals, 1971-1972.
Senior Law Clerk to Chief Justice Warren East. Burger, United States. Supreme Court, 1972-1973.
Legislative Assistant to United States.
Senator J. Bennett Johnston, 1973-1975. Assistant Professor Adjunct, Louisiana State University Law Center, Media Law, since 1985. Lecturer in Law, Business Acquisitions, Tulane University School of Law, 1981-1983.
Adjunct Associate Professor of Law, Media Law, since 1984.
Louisiana Reporter, Libel Defense Resource Center Annual Survey, since 1982.
Worked at Correro Fishman Haygood Phelps Weiss Walmsley & Casteix, Limited liability partnership (New Orleans, Los Angeles) specializing in Media Law, Commercial Litigation, Constitutional Law, Corporate and Securities Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1971, Louisiana. 1972, District of Columbia.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Editor, 1969-1970. Treasurer and Managing Editor, 1970-1971, Harvard Law Review. Law Clerk to Judge John Minor Wisdom, United States.
Court of Appeals, 1971-1972. Senior Law Clerk to Chief Justice Warren East. Burger, United States.
Supreme Court, 1972-1973.
Legislative Assistant to United States. Senator J. Bennett Johnston, 1973-1975. Adjunct Professor, Louisiana State University Law Center, Media Law, 1985.
Louisiana Reporter, Libel Defense Resource Center Annual Survey of Media Libel Law, 1982, and Annual Survey of Privacy and Related Claims, 1995.
Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America, in First Amendment Law. Member: Bar Association of the District of Columbia.
Louisiana State (Chairman, Business and Corporate Law Section, 1987-1988) and American (Member, Forum on Communications Law) Bar Associations. American Law Institute.
Trustee Isidore Newman School, New Orleans, since 1982, Children's Hospital, New Orleans, 1982-1986. Member American Bar Association, American Law Institute, Louisiana State Bar Association (chairman section corporation, bus.law 1987-1988).
Married Ann Robinson, June 21, 1969. Children: David, Eli, Anne.