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 team of firm and consultant attorney-trainers and, individually, presents pilot courses and compliance training roll-out plans to enforcement agency representatives as part of complex litigation settlement processes.

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.

Mr. Weiss served as a member of the visiting faculty and designed negotiation courses for Northwestern University. He has created interactive negotiation simulations at the University of Michigan and for Department of Defense education programs. As a business owner, Mr. Weiss has managed compliance products companies serving governmental agencies in all 50 states.

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Education

J.D., Boston University (1990)

B.A., Honors College University of Michigan, Distinction (1987)