Leon A. Weiss Cleveland, Ohio
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Leon A. Weiss has forty years of experience in trust and estate litigation, will contests, fiduciary law, probate administration and estate planning. He is a nationally renowned attorney in his field and has been selected as a 'Best Lawyer in America', a 'Leading Lawyer' and an 'Ohio Super Lawyer' for years. He is a member of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Ohio State Bar Association, and the Cleveland Bar Association where he served as a Member of the Board of Trustees and as General Chairman of the Cleveland Bar Association's Annual Estate Planning Institute. Leon is a frequent lecturer and panelist on probate, estate planning, professional liability, and professional responsibilities issues for the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, the Ohio Legal Center Institute, the Jewish Welfare Federation, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland Marshall College of Law, Cleveland Bar Association, County Bar Association, and the National Business Institute. Leon also serves as a mediator for private litigants.
- Education:
- Case Western Reserve University Law School, Cleveland, Ohio,
1966
J.D. - Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania,
1963
B.S.
Major: Business Administration
- Published Works:
- Practical & Not So Practical Uses of Private Settlement Agreements, Probate Law Journal of Ohio, Nov/Dec, 2007
- The Ohio Trust Code from a Litigator's Perspective, Probate Law Journal of Ohio, March/April, 2007
- Beyond Legal Malpractice: Estate Planners Beware, Cleveland Bar Journal, Nov, 2004
- Antenuptial Agreements - New Planning Opportunities, Cleveland Bar Journal, Nov, 1984
- Representative Cases:
- Dater v. Dater Foundation, 2003 Ohio 7148 (1st Dist Court of Appeals OH 2003)
- In Re: Estate of Bost, 10 Ohio App. 3d 147 (1983) ( 1983)
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Hot Topics for Estate Planners, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar, 2008
- When Can a Private Settlement Agreement Used, Ohio Bar Association Pliskin Institute, 2007
- The Ohio Trust Code from a Litigator's Perspective, Estate Planning Council of Cleveland, 2006
- Avoiding Fiduciary Litigation: Relevant Principles and Rules for Corporate Fiduciaries, Michigan Bankers Association, 2005
- Greed and Gratuitous Transfers, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, 2004
- Avoiding Fiduciary Litigation, National City Bank, 2004
- Legal Malpractice Estate Planning, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, 2004
- Risk Management Issues, Ohio Bankers Association, 2001
- Contesting the Inter Vivos Trust, Ohio Bar Association Marvin R. Pliskin Institute, 2001
- Trust and Will Reformation, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, 2000
- Honors and Awards:
- Best Lawyers in America, 1999 - Present
- Ohio Super Lawyers, Top 100 in Ohio, Top 50 in Cleveland, 2004 - Present
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- American College of Trust & Estate Counsel, 1985 - Present
- Fraternities/Sororities:
- Sigma Alpha Mu
