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Jay M. Weinberg
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| Title: |
Chairman Emeritus |
| Industry: |
Legal |
| Type of Organization: |
Law Firm |
| Major Product/Service: |
Legal services |
| Expertise: |
Mr. Weinberg has practiced law for 45 years and has handled virtually all forms of sophisticated real estate matters including the acquisition, rezoning, financing, syndication, development, adaptive reuse and sale of major residential communities, apartment complexes, shopping centers, industrial parks and office-service buildings. He has had substantial experience in counseling real estate developers in connection with the taxation and structure of legal entities to develop, own and sell real estate projects. He has spent his entire legal career with the firm of Hirschler Fleischer. |
| Geographic Area of Distribution: |
National |
| Affiliations: |
American Bar Association; Virginia State Bar; Fellow, American Bar Foundation; Fellow, Virginia Bar Foundation |
| University/Degree: |
B.A., English, University of Virginia, 1954; L.L.B., University of Virginia School of Law, 1959 |
| Born: |
August 4, 1932, Norfolk, Virginia |
| Spouse: |
Sondra Erlach Weinberg |
| Children: |
James L. Weinberg, Dr. E. Lynn Weinberg |
| Work History: |
Mr. Weinberg was a member of the Board of Visitors of Virginia Commonwealth University from 1992 to 2001 and served as its Rector from 1997 to 1999. He was Vice Chairman of the Medical College of Virginia Hospitals authority board until 2001. As a member of both boards, Mr. Weinberg has been intimately involved in such achievements as strategic planning for the University and the VCU Health System, the establishment of the Virginia Biotechnology Research Park and the establishment of VCU’s School of Engineering. He is currently a member of the VCU real estate foundation board and is Chairman of the VCU honors campaign committee. |
| Honors & Awards: |
Recognized as one of Virginia’s "Legal Elite", Virginia Business Magazine; "AV" rated, Martindale-Hubbell; "Best Lawyers In America", every year since its initial publication in 1983 |
| Published Works: |
"Landlord and Tenant Handbook"; Co-Editor, "Landlord and Tenant Law in Virginia"; Frequent lecturer at Continuing Legal Education seminars; Served as the co-editor of Landlord-Tenant Law and Practice in Virginia; Served on the editorial staff of Alexander's Federal Tax Handbook and contributed to both Virginia Practice Methods and Virginia Lawyers Basic Practice Handbook |
| Career Accomplishments: |
Mr. Weinberg's personal and firm culture has been built around providing quality services on a timely basis at reasonable charges for the work performed while training associates to perfect their legal skills and contributing to the administration of the firm. His most outstanding achievement has been seeing the law firm grow from two to 95 attorneys as well as achieving recognition as the premier real estate law firm in Virginia. Mr. Weinberg served in the U.S. Army, Counter Intelligence Corps and was honorably discharged with the rank of Captain. |
