Mikal M. Weiss

I was born in Miami Beach, Florida, in 1956. I graduated from Cheltenham High School near Philadelphia. I initially attended the University of Florida and received my B.A. from The American University, Washington D.C. in 1978. I graduated from Western New England University School of Law in 1982. I was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1983, and am also admitted to practice before the United States District Court and the United States Bankruptcy Court. I am a member of the Hampshire County Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association, and am a fellow of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation. I am a lecturer at the Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and teach 'Contracts in Business Relationships' and 'Introduction to Law'. I have been a past lecturer for the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. in the areas of contract drafting and negotiation. I am a past member and past President of The Board of Directors of Friends of Children, Inc., a non-profit child advocacy organization, which, as part of its mission, administers the Court Appointed Special Advocates Program in Hampshire, Franklin, and Berkshire Counties. Until 2012, I was on the Board of Directors of Friends Of Hospice House, Inc. a residential hospice located in Amherst, Massachusetts and am a past President of that Board. My practice continues to focus on a variety of business transactions, commercial law, and commercial and residential real estate transactions. I represent numerous individuals and businesses in Western Massachusetts, and assist them in a variety of ways, including contract drafting and negotiation, real estate purchases and sales, commercial leasing, commercial financing, and employment agreements. I reside in Northampton with my wife and two sons.