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Lawrence Weiss
Lawrence Weiss
Education
- LLB, Rutgers University
School of Law, 1960
- B.S., Rutgers University 1954
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Lawrence Weiss became of counsel to the firm in July 2002 after 26 years as a Superior Court Judge, heading our alternative dispute resolution practice. In addition to serving as an arbitrator and mediator, he serves as a special master in complex litigation. Judge Weiss was instrumental in establishing the Richard J. Hughes Inn of Court. He served on the Supreme Court's Civil Practice Committee for many years. He also served on a special committee created by Chief Justice Wilentz to develop guidelines and training for judges handling complex civil cases and on another working group studying asbestos litigation. He achieved national prominence for his work in the field of environmental insurance coverage law, managing a large number of complex cases, and has lectured on a number of occasions to speak at national conferences sponsored by the American Bar Association and the National Judicial College. He was recognized at Rutgers with its Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1998.
Judge Weiss was a presiding Judge of the Union County District Court from 1978 through 1980, when he was appointed to the Superior Court. He served in both the Civil and Criminal parts and as Presiding Judge of the Criminal Part, Union County, from 1983 through 1984. His service continued in the Civil Part from 1985 until mandatory retirement in 2002, as the Acting Assignment Judge and recusal Judge for the Chancery Part.
Judge Weiss, a long-time resident of Westfield and a former town councilman, also served in the U.S. Air Force as a navigator.
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