Background
Weissman, Michael Lewis was born on September 11, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Maurice and Sue (Goldberg) Weissman.
Weissman, Michael Lewis was born on September 11, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Maurice and Sue (Goldberg) Weissman.
Student (White scholar), University of Chicago, 1951-1952; Bachelor of Science in Economics, Northwestern University, 1954; Master of Business Administration in Accounting, University of Pennsylvania, 1956; Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1958; postgraduate (Fulbright scholar), U. Sydney, Australia, 1958-1959; postgraduate, Hague Academy International Law, 1959.
Worked at McBride Baker & Coles (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Banking Law, Creditors Rights Law. Admitted to the bar, 1958, District of Columbia. 1959, Illinois; 1960, United States.
District Court, Northern District of Illinois and United States.
Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. 1963, United States. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit and Eighth Circuit and United States.
Supreme Court. 1983, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Beta Alpha Psi. Fulbright Scholar, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, Australia, 1958-1959.
Author: "Reinsurance Pools and the Federal Securities Laws," 9 Loyola University of Chicago Law Journal 313, 1978. "Litigation Risks Facing Lenders," Illinois Banker, April 1984. "The Changing Liability of Accountants for Negligent Audits," The Secured Lender, November/December, 1987.
"The Privity Issue: When Can a Lender Rely on an Audited Financial Statement," The Journal of Commercial Bank Lending, April 1989.
"The Plant Closing Laws: A New Threat to Secured Lenders," The Secured Lender, May/June, 1989. "Equitable Subordination: Alive But Not Very Well," 6 Commercial Lending Review 27, 1991.
"The Consequences of a Fiduciary Relationship," The Journal of Commercial Lending, 1994. "Is a Faxed Document Enforceable?" The Secured Lender, July/August, 1994.
"The Law of Guaranty in the United States," Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business, 1996.
"Lender Liability," Executive Enterprises Publication Company, 1988. Chapter 10, "Attorney"s Fees and Costs: Shifting the Burden of Litigation, Commercial Damages," Matthew Bender & Company, 1985. Assistant Professor of Business Law and Accounting, Roosevelt University, 1959-1961.
Lecturer in Economics, Lake Forest College, 1979-1980.
Director, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1990. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American (Member, Section on Business Law, Committee on Commercial Financial Services, 1982) Bar Associations.
Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys (Director, 1988-1990).
"Reinsurance Pools and the Federal Securities Laws,’ 9 Loyola University of Chicago Law Journal 313, 1978. ’Litigation Risks Facing Lenders," Illinois Banker, April 1984. The Right Way to Close the Loan," Lending for the Commercial Banker, Summer, 1987.
’Using Third Party Documents to Strengthen a Secured Loan," 2 Commercial Lending Review 59. "The Changing Liability of Accountants for Negligent Audits," The Secured Lender, November /December, 1987. "The Privity Issue: When Can a Lender Rely on an Audited Financial Statement," The Journal of Commercial Bank Lending, April 1989.
"The Plant Closing Laws: A New Threat to Secured lenders," The Secured Lender, May/June, 1989. Author: "Lender Liability," Executive Enterprises Publication Company, 1988. Chap. 10, ’Attorney’s Fees and Costs: Shifting the Burden of Litigation, Commercial Damages," Matthew Bender & Company, 1985.
Assistant Professor of Business Law and Accounting, Roosevelt University, 1959-1961. Lecturer in Economics, Lake Forest College, 1979-1980. Panelist: Robert Morris Associates, since 1983.
Midwest Finance Conference, 19831985. Mid-American Association of Equipment Lessors, 1989. Chairman, Bank and Commercial Lending Conference, Banking Law Institute, since 1985.
Chairman, Asset Based Financing Conference, Banking Law Institute, 1986. Vice-Chairman, Bank Counsel Committee, Illinois Bankers Association, since 1989. Director, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, since 1990.
Member of advisory board Affective Disorders Clinic, University of Illinois Medical School, 1979-1981. Member American Bar Association, Illinois Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, Illinois Bankers Association, Illinois Institute Continuing Legal Education (board directors 1989-1997, treasurer since 1997), Association Commercial Finance Attorneys (board directors), Harvard Law Society Illinois, Turnaround Management Association (steering committee Chicago chapter), Commercial Finance Association Ednl. Foundation (advisory board), Robert Morris Association, Beta Alpha Psi.
Married Joanne Sherwin, December 19, 1961. Children: Mark Douglas, Greg Steven, Scott Adam, Brett Anthony.