Senior Writer (Online)

Debra Cassens Weiss

Contact by email or by phone at 312-988-6009.

Debra Cassens Weiss, a senior writer/online, joined the ABA Journal staff in 1986. She had worked as a news researcher for WMAQ-TV in Chicago, as a reporter and editor at the City News Bureau of Chicago, and as a newscaster at WMRO and WAUR radio (Aurora, Ill.). Deb holds a J.D. from DePaul University College of Law and a B.A. in English from the University of Illinois.

Recent Articles

Why not let nonlawyers help regulate the legal profession? Law prof makes case for change
May 20, 2013, 08:45 am CDT

Man who pled guilty in beating death of zoo monkey is sentenced to up to seven years in prison
May 17, 2013, 10:22 am CDT

Plans for ‘Brooklyn DA’ news series bring lawsuit and a defense lawyer’s objection
May 17, 2013, 09:16 am CDT

Law prof confesses: I am a sociopath
May 17, 2013, 08:11 am CDT

Blinks of paralyzed victim lead to guilty verdict; appeal is planned
May 17, 2013, 07:34 am CDT

Boston woman is accused of extorting lawyer to pay for breast implants
May 17, 2013, 07:00 am CDT

‘Borrow a brolly’ campaign by Linklaters reaches soccer player’s wife and Daily Mirror readers
May 17, 2013, 06:15 am CDT

Reward money for info on Texas prosecutor slayings will go unpaid
May 17, 2013, 05:45 am CDT

Judge scolds Donald Trump and opposing lawyer: ‘This is not a boxing ring!’
May 16, 2013, 11:34 am CDT

Harvard law student hopes to buy a Segway after his $1M ‘Survivor’ win
May 16, 2013, 09:53 am CDT

 

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