Senior Writer (Web)
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Debra Cassens Weiss, a senior writer for the web, joined the ABA Journal staff in 1986. She was previously the managing editor, an assistant managing editor and news editor. 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.). Weiss has a JD from DePaul University College of Law and a BA in English from the University of Illinois.
2 BigLaw firms in merger talks that could produce 1,600-lawyer firm with top 50 revenue
Apr 18, 2024, 03:16 pm CDT
Ex-BigLaw partner can’t get cyberstalking injunction against blogger, judge says
Apr 18, 2024, 02:57 pm CDT
Lawyer reprimanded after mistakenly emailing opposing counsel with plan to avoid judge’s call
Apr 18, 2024, 11:51 am CDT
‘I don’t play well’ judge who threatened to track down, jail misbehaving litigant gets tossed from case
Apr 18, 2024, 10:33 am CDT
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Apr 12, 2024, 09:25 am CDT
Judge allows BigLaw partner’s suit alleging lawyer filed ‘highly inflammatory’ affidavit for use in negative news article
Apr 11, 2024, 02:23 pm CDT
Should ABA strike ‘nonlawyer’ from its vocabulary? Petition says it’s time
Apr 11, 2024, 11:14 am CDT
Law dean Chemerinsky condemns ‘blatant antisemitism’ of caricature, confronts ‘rude’ protester with law prof wife
Apr 11, 2024, 10:29 am CDT
It’s a quick goodbye for many departing associates, new NALP Foundation report finds
Apr 11, 2024, 09:09 am CDT
David Boies can’t ignore clients’ liability releases by ‘simply invoking’ name ‘Epstein,’ sanctions bid says
Apr 10, 2024, 12:35 pm CDT
‘Sense of entitlement’ led BigLaw partner to ‘brazenly’ appear at deposition and act ‘obnoxious,’ sanctions bid says
Apr 10, 2024, 10:27 am CDT
Former Schnader Harrison partner sued for alleged secret videos
Apr 10, 2024, 08:46 am CDT
Wisconsin bar redefines ‘diversity’ to settle challenge to clerkship program; both sides claim success
Apr 9, 2024, 02:49 pm CDT
‘Venue is not a continental breakfast’ judge forced to eat his words after 5th Circuit blocks transfer
Apr 9, 2024, 02:13 pm CDT
After man is sentenced for threat to kill chief justice, ABA president says threats risk ‘very fabric of our democracy’
Apr 9, 2024, 11:07 am CDT
2 lawyers and client die in law office shooting; 1 attorney was alleged gunman
Apr 9, 2024, 10:09 am CDT
Former DOJ official who alleged election fraud violated at least one ethics rule, ethics committee says
Apr 5, 2024, 09:14 am CDT
Winston & Strawn will provide reduced-cost legal services for routine tasks under Winston Legal Solutions umbrella
Apr 4, 2024, 02:48 pm CDT
Should Justice Sotomayor retire? Chemerinsky, White House haven’t joined calls for her to step down
Apr 4, 2024, 01:23 pm CDT
Which BigLaw firms are increasing lateral associate hiring the most? One made legal headlines last year
Apr 4, 2024, 11:24 am CDT
