Background
Weinmann, John Giffen was born on August 29, 1928 in New Orleans. Son of Rudolph John and Mary Victoria (Mills) Weinmann.
Weinmann, John Giffen was born on August 29, 1928 in New Orleans. Son of Rudolph John and Mary Victoria (Mills) Weinmann.
Bachelor, Tulane University, 1950. Juris Doctor, Tulane University, 1952.
Worked at Phelps Dunbar, Limited liability partnership Admitted to the bar, 1952, Louisiana. 1960, United States. Supreme Court.
1981, United States. Court of Appeals Fifth and Eleventh Circuits.
Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi.
Member, Board of Editors, 1950-1952 and Board of Advisory Editors, 1974-1992, Tulane Law Review. United States. Commissioner General, Louisiana World Exposition, 1983-1985.
Member, Board of Administrators, Tulane Educational Fund, 1981.
Chair, 1993. United States. Ambassador to Finland, 1989-1991. Chief of Protocol of the United States with rank of Ambassador, 1991-1993.
Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State (Secretary-Treasurer, 1965-1967.
Member, Young Lawyers Section) and American (Member, House of Delegates, 1964-1966, 1970-1971, 1972-1976. Secretary, Ethics Evaluation Committee, 1965.
Chairman, Young Lawyers Section, 1963-1964. Chairman, Bar Activities Section, 1969-1970.
Assistant Secretary, American Bar Endowment, 1971-1976.
Secretary and Member of the Board, 1975-1980) Bar Associations. Louisiana State Law Institute (Member of Council, 1966-1978). American Law Institute.
Fellow, Southwestern Legal Foundation (Trustee, 1978-1980).
Phelps Dunbar is a law firm of more than 200 attorneys, 88 of whom are partners. The firm was established in 1853.
In addition to its office in New Orleans, Louisiana, the firm has offices in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Jackson, Mississippi.
Tupelo, Mississippi; Houston, Texas.
And London, England. The firm is organized into various groups reflecting the firm"s areas of practice.
Board governors Tulane Medical Center, 1968-1981. Board administrators Tulane Educational Fund, 1981-1998, emeritus, 99—, chairman development committee, 1985-1989, co-chairman Tulane Parents Fund, 1980-1981, board chairman, 1993-1998. National chairman annual giving Campaign for Tulane, 1983-1985.
Board directors Council for Better Louisiana, 1987-1989, Tulane Children's Center, 1981-1984, WYES Educational television Station, 1981-1982. Trustee Southwest Legal Foundation, 1978-1980, Metairie Park Country Day School, vice chairman, 1976-1977, chairman, 1978-1980, United States commissioner general for 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, 1983-1985. United States delegate Bureau International Expositions, Paris, 1984-1985, chairman delegate, 1985.
State finance co-chairman George Bush for President, and Victory Louisiana '88, 1987-1989. Member American Bar Association (chairman junior bar conference 1963-1964, member house delegations 1964-1966, 70, 72-76, secretary committee ethics evaluation 1965, representative to convention Union des Jeunes Avocats de France, 1964, chairman section bar activities 1969-1970), Louisiana Bar Association (secretary treasurer 1965-1967, Outstanding Young Lawyer award), Louisiana Society Colonial Wars (governor 1976), Swiss-American Cultural Exchange Foundation (honorary committee since 1994), Phi Beta Kappa, Order of Coif, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married Virginia Lee Eason, June 11, 1955. Children: Winston Eason, Robert St. George Tucker, John Giffen Junior, Mary Virginia Lewis, George Gustaf.