Attorney Profiles

Mr. Weiss currently holds the position of president elect on the  Alumni Council Executive Committee , Levin College of Law, the University of Florida.

Areas of Practice

• Commercial Litigation
• Class Action Litigation
• Products Liability
• Mass Torts
• Wrongful Death
• Personal Injury
• Automotive Crashworthiness
• Insurance Bad Faith

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 1999
• California, 2001
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 2005
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 2008
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida, 2008

Education

• University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, 1998
  Juris Doctor
  Honors: Order of the Barristers
  
  
• University of Florida, 1995
  Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: University of Florida Hall of Fame
  Honors: Florida Blue Key
  Major: Political Science
  Minor: Economics
  
  

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Chinese Drywall Litigation and Insurance Coverage Live Audiocast, Litigation Conferences, August 17, 2010
• Chinese Drywall and Florida Statute 558, Palm Beach County Bar Association Annual Construction Law Section CLE, April 22, 2010
• Genesis of Chinese Drywall Problems and Litigation, Palm Beach County Bar Association Annual Construction Law CLE, West Palm Beach, Florida, April 22, 2010
• Building Your Civil Trial Skills, National Business Institute, West Palm Beach, Florida, June 5, 2009
• Winning Your First Auto Accident Case, National Business Institute, West Palm Beach, Florida, May 22, 2009
• Winning Your First Auto Accident Case, National Business Institute, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, May 20, 2009

Honors and Awards

• Florida Rising Stars list, Florida Super Lawyers magazine, 2009
• Chairman, Justice Campbell Thornal National Moot Court Team
• Vice-Chairman, Justice Campbell Thornal National Moot Court Team
• Finalist, Florida Bar Moot Court Competition
• Semi-Finalist, National Criminal Procedure Moot Court Competition
• Florida Cicerones
• United States Army, Bronze Star Medal
• United States Army, Joint Service Commendation Medal
• United States Army, Meritorious Service Medal
• United States Army, Army Commendation Medal

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Treasurer, 2010
  Martin County Bar Association
  
  
• The Florida Bar, 1999 - Present
  Member
  
  
• Supreme Court's Bar Admission Committee, 2009 - 2011
  
  
• The Florida Bar, Military Affairs Committee, 2009 - 2012
  
  
• University of Florida College of Law Alumni Council, 2006 - Present
  Member
  
  
• University of Florida College of Law Alumni Council, 2008 - Present
  Secretary
  
  
• Martin County Bar Association, 2006 - Present
  Member
  
  
• Martin County Bar Association, 2006 - 2007
  Chairman, Young Lawyer's Division
  
  
• Martin County Bar Association, 2007 - Present
  Chairman, Litigation Committee
  
  
• American Inns of Court, 2006 - Present
  Member
  
  
• Palm Beach County Trial Lawyers Association, 2008 - Present
  Member
  
  
• Palm Beach County Bar Association, 2003 - Present
  Member
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Page, Mrachek, Fitzgerald & Rose (Stuart, Florida and West Palm Beach, Florida)
• Chief of Military Justice, Operation Iraqi Freedom II, Balad, Iraq, Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG)
• Wicker, Smith, O'Hara, McCoy, Graham and Ford
• Presidio of Monterey, California, Trial Counsel, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney
• 82nd Airborne Division, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, Operational Law Attorney