People: Philippe Weiss, Managing Director
Biography
Mr. Weiss leads Seyfarth Shaw at Work, the firm's dedicated compliance services and training subsidiary. He works with corporate executive teams and in-house legal/HR leaders to develop core value statements, compliance plans, media strategies and training initiatives. Mr. Weiss directs a national team of firm and consultant attorney-trainers and, individually, presents pilot courses and compliance training roll-out plans to enforcement agencies as part of complex litigation settlement processes. He speaks extensively on global workplace compliance trends, negotiation, unemployment matters and liability-prevention strategies.
Prior to his tenure at Seyfarth Shaw at Work, Philippe represented both plaintiffs and defendants in the areas of employment, corporate, disability and governmental law. As a practicing attorney, Mr. Weiss appeared before federal and state courts, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Illinois Human Rights Department and was appointed a Cook County Court Mediator.
Mr. Weiss served as a member of the visiting faculty and designed negotiation courses at Northwestern University. He has created interactive negotiation simulations at the University of Michigan and for use as part of Department of Defense education programs. As a business owner, Mr. Weiss managed compliance products companies serving governmental agencies in all 50 states.
To view Mr. Weiss' biography on the Seyfarth Shaw at Work website, please, click here
Mr. Weiss leads Seyfarth Shaw at Work, the firm's dedicated compliance services and training subsidiary. He works with corporate executive teams and in-house legal/HR leaders to develop core value statements, compliance plans, media strategies and training initiatives. Mr. Weiss directs a national team of firm and consultant attorney-trainers and, individually, presents pilot courses and compliance training roll-out plans to enforcement agencies as part of complex litigation settlement processes. He speaks extensively on global workplace compliance trends, negotiation, unemployment matters and liability-prevention strategies.
Prior to his tenure at Seyfarth Shaw at Work, Philippe represented both plaintiffs and defendants in the areas of employment, corporate, disability and governmental law. As a practicing attorney, Mr. Weiss appeared before federal and state courts, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Illinois Human Rights Department and was appointed a Cook County Court Mediator.
Mr. Weiss served as a member of the visiting faculty and designed negotiation courses at Northwestern University. He has created interactive negotiation simulations at the University of Michigan and for use as part of Department of Defense education programs. As a business owner, Mr. Weiss managed compliance products companies serving governmental agencies in all 50 states.
To view Mr. Weiss' biography on the Seyfarth Shaw at Work website, please, click here
Education
- J.D., Boston University School of Law (1990)
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B.A., University of Michigan (1987)
Honors College, with Distinction
Admissions
- Illinois







