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Fred Weisman
Having grown up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, Fred Weisman enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1944 during World War II at age
17. Upon discharge, he completed a Bachelor's Degree at Adelbert College of Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in
Cleveland, and then he earned his law degree in 1951 from CWRU's School of Law. He spent the next decade in
association with the law offices of A. H. Dudnik.
In 1963, he founded Weisman, Goldberg & Weisman Co., L.P.A. nka Weisman, Kennedy & Berris Co., L.P.A.. Their practice,
for over 40 years, has been devoted to protecting the rights of individuals. This firm focuses on litigation related
to medical malpractice litigation. Since its founding, the firm has represented thousands of victims of wrongdoing.
Mr. Weisman's leadership role has been repeatedly affirmed by his peers. He has served as President of the Cuyahoga
County Bar Association (1971-1972); President of the Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys (1975); and on the Board of
the Ohio Academy of Trial Attorneys (1973-1974 and 1988-1989). He is also a Fellow of the prestigious International
Academy of Trial Lawyers (only 500 litigators in the United States are accepted as Fellows) and is listed in
The Best Lawyers in America and Who's Who in American
Law.
He has provided lectures for the Cuyahoga County Bar Association, the Law-Medicine Center of Case Western University
Law School, Cleveland State University Law School, American Trial Lawyers Association, the Melvin Belli Seminar, and
other groups including a widely acclaimed seminar for litigators that he has organized and presented in Florida for
the past 9 years. Despite the many demands on him, Mr. Weisman has been steadfast in his support of his alma mater,
CWRU. In 1988, he established the Fred Weisman Endowment Fund, which assists qualified and needy law students. His
efforts on behalf of CWRU include service as a class agent, a reunion volunteer, chairman of the Law Alumni Annual
Fund, President of the Board of Governors of the School of Law and, for several years, a member of the Law School's
Visiting Committee. Most recently, he was the recipient of CWRU's Centennial Medal Award, which was established to
recognize exceptional meritorious achievement and is considered to be the highest honor that the law school bestows on
one of its graduates.
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