Background
Weir, John K. was born on January 27, 1947 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
Weir, John K. was born on January 27, 1947 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, 1968). Northwestern University (Juris Doctor, 1971).
Worked at Holland & Knight Limited Liability Partnership (New York, New York) specializing in General Practice. Admiralty, Administrative, Aviation, Bankruptcy, Commercial, Computer, Corporate, Employment, Environmental, Estates, Finance, Insurance, International, Product Liability, Real Estate, Space, Tax and Trade. Trials, Appeals and Arbitration.
Admitted to the bar, 1972, New New York
1973, United States. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New New York 1975, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
1982, United States. Supreme Court. 1989, United States.
Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. 1991, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
1994, United States. Court of International Trade.
Author: "Foreign Treaties Raise Questions In Disparate-Treatment Cases," The National Law Journal, December 11, 1989. Author and Speaker: "Recent Developments in Aviation Law in the United States," Asia-Pacific Lawyers Association, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 1989.
Speaker: "Employment Law in the United States," Danish Consulate, New York, New York, February 1989. "Aviation Deregulation in the United States.", International Bar Association, Hong Kong, 1991.
"Developments in United States Employment Discrimination Law," International Bar Association, Cannes, France, September, 1992.
"Americans with Disabilities Acting," California Hospitals Affiliated Insurance Services Meeting, San Jose California, March, 1993. "Products Liability in Aerospace Joint Ventures - Defendant"s Viewpoint," Inter-Pacific Bar Association, Taipei, Taiwan, May, 1993. "Australian versus United States.
Employment Discrimination Law," International Bar Association, Melbourne, Australia, 1994.
Member: American (Sections on: Labor and Employment Law. Torts and Insurance Practice.
International Law. Aerospace Forum) and International (Sections on: Insurance Law.
Products Liability; Aeronautical Law) Bar Associations. Inter-Pacific Bar Association (Aeronautical Law Committee).
Association of Transportation Law (Logistics and Policy, 1995). Connecticut Maritime Association.
Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens provides comprehensive legal services primarily to clients engaged in international transportation and finance matters.
From its origins 160 years ago in New York, the Firm has grown through the addition of offices in Washington, District of Columbia and San Francisco.
Author: "Foreign Treaties Raise Questions In Disparate-Treatment Cases," The National Law Journal, December 11, 1989. Author and Speaker: "Recent Developments in Aviation Law in the United States," Asia-Pacific Lawyers Association, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 1989. Speaker: "Employment Law in the United States," Danish Consulate, New York, N.Y., February 1989.
"Aviation Deregulation in the United States.", International Bar Association, Hong Kong, 1991. "Developments in United States Employment Discrimination Law," International Bar Association, Cannes, France, September, 1992. "Americans with Disabilities Act," California Hospitals Affiliated Insurance Services Meeting, San Jose California, March, 1993.
"Products Liability in Aerospace Joint Ventures - Defendant's Viewpoint," Inter-Pacific Bar Association, Taipei, Taiwan, May, 1993. "Australian vs. United States. Employment Discrimination Law," International Bar Association, Melbourne, Australia, 1994.
Member: American (Sections on: Labor and Employment Law. Torts and Insurance Practice. International Law; Aerospace Forum) and International (Sections on: Insurance Law.
Products Liability.
Aeronautical Law) Bar Associations. Inter-Pacific Bar Association (Aeronautical Law Committee). Association of Transportation Law (Logistics and Policy, 1995).
Connecticut Maritime Association.