Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel, since May 1, 2007

Lawyer Overview

Mr. Weiss advises clients in a wide range of commercial matters, including the development, protection and commercial exploitation of computer and information technology, intellectual property, corporate structure and governance, strategic corporate initiatives and transactions, government contracts, international law and general business matters.

For nearly two decades, he served variously as General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Vice President of publicly-traded, information technology companies.  As General Counsel for Group 1 Software (Nasdaq - GSOF) for nearly 15 years, he managed all of the legal affairs of the company and its numerous domestic and foreign subsidiaries.  His responsibilities included routinely advising senior management and the board of directors; compliance with SEC, Nasdaq and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements; management of the company's portfolio of intellectual property rights (copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and patents); management of the affairs of an aggressive corporate acquisition program and ultimately the merger of Group 1 Software into Pitney Bowes.  He has served as a member of the Senior Staff and Strategic Planning Committees of corporations.  And he has served as a trustee for 401(k) Plans and Executive Deferred Compensation Plans for corporations. 

Mr. Weiss is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and the United States Supreme Court.  He has assumed leadership positions in various Bar associations in the Washington metropolitan area.

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Transactions, Uniform Commercial Code, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Formation & Business Planning, Joint Ventures, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Government Contracts, Federal Contracts, Government Procurement, Health & Health Care Law, Medicare & Medicaid, Intellectual Property Law, Copyrights, International Intellectual Property, Technology Licensing, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, International Law, Business & Trade, International Transactions, Real Estate Law, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Science & Technology Law, Computer Law, Electronic Commerce, Internet, Securities Law, Capital Markets, Private Placements, Securities Regulation, Y2K (Year 2000)

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia, 1983
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1988
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1987

Professional Associations and Memberships

• IT Forum of the Greater Washington Metropolitan Area Corporate Counsel Association (Founder and Co-Chair)
• DC Bar Computer Law Division (Co-Chair)

Past Employment Positions

• Group 1 Software, General Counsel; Secretary, 1990 - 2004
• VIPS, Inc., General Counsel; Vice President, 2005 - 2007
• Group 1 Software, Consultant, 2004 - 2005
• District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Judicial Law Clerk to Hon. Frank Q. Nebeker, 1983 - 1984

Education

• Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1983
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
• Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA, 1973
  B.A.
  Honors: cum laude
  Major: Economics
  Minor: Religion
• University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA, 1975
  Masters of Arts
  Honors: Wainer Fellowship

Published Works

• Intellectual Property Due Diligence, PLI - The Practicing Law Institute, IP Issues in Structuring Deals, 2002
• Intellectual Property Due Diligence, PLI - The Practicing Law Institute, IP Issues in Structuring Deals, 2001
• The Struggle for Internal Union Democracy Within the United Mine Workers Union, 1969-1975, The Journal of Eastern Pennsylvania Economists, 1975
• The Struggle for Internal Union Democracy Within the United Mine Workers Union, 1969-1975, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1975

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