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Justice Franklin R. Weissberg has a long and distinguished career as both a senior member of the state judicial system and a prominent litigator, and provides counsel in connection with litigation strategy at both the trial and appellate levels. He served as an Acting Supreme Court Justice in Supreme Court, New York County for more than 14 years, presiding over a wide variety of civil and criminal cases.
Judge Weissberg is a member of the New York State Regional Panel of Neutrals of the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution. He is frequently selected as a mediator in complex commercial cases litigated in the Commercial Division of Supreme Court, New York County.
Judge Weissberg also has extensive experience representing clients in connection with entertainment law and civil litigation matters. He has represented hundreds of Broadway and Off-Broadway theatrical productions and regularly negotiated numerous complex transactions involving motion picture rights, original cast albums and music publishing rights.
Prior to ascending the bench, Judge Weissberg was a senior partner in the New York City law firm of Colton, Weissberg, Hartnick, Yamin and Sheresky where he litigated commercial and intellectual property matters in Federal and state courts.
He has lectured on litigation matters, at the annual Judicial Seminars for New York State Judges, and has been a guest lecturer on entertainment law at many law schools including Yale and New York University.
Relevant Professional Activities
- Lecturer on litigation matters at five judicial seminars for New York State Judges and twice for the New York County Lawyers' CLE Program, "Successful Strategies for Winning Commerical Cases in New York State Courts."
- President, Association of Court Claims Judges of the State of New York, 1992-1999.
- Member, Tony Awardsâ Nominating Committee, 1996-1999; 2005-2008.
- Faculty member, Practicing Law Institute's program "Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industry." 1982-1985.
- Co-editor, PLI Handbook Legal and Business Problems of the Theatre, 1984-1985.
- Member, Temporary State Commission on the Cultural Resources of the State, 1972-1973.
- Special Consultant for the Performing Arts to the Mayor of the City of New York, 1966-1969.
- Delegate, 1967 New York State Constitutional Convention.
- Member, Board of Trustees, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1980-Present (Former Board Chairman).
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Legal and Business Problems of the Theater
Practising Law Institute Handbook, 1985
Franklin Weissberg
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Harvard Law School
(LL.B., 1957)
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Syracuse University
(A.B., 1952),
cum laude
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New York
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1959,
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
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1959,
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
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1972,
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
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- Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- New York State Bar Association
- New York County Lawyers Association
- Council of Judicial Associations
- Association of Court of Claims Judges of the State of New York
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