Joseph Francis Weis Jr.

Personal

Birthday: 
3/12/1923
Birthplace: 
Pittsburgh, PA
Date of Death: 
3/19/2014
Place of Death: 
Fox Chapel, PA
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

U.S. Army captain, 1943-1948
Private practice, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1950-1968
Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County [Pennsylvania], 1968-1970
Adjunct professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 1986-

Education

Name of School: 
Duquesne University
Degree: 
B.A.
Degree Year: 
1947
Name of School - Second: 

University of Pittsburgh School of Law

The University of Pittsburgh School of Law is a diverse community of learning whose essential mission is to help lawyers and legal institutions to meet the demands of a rapidly changing legal and professional environment. We perform this mission through three critical functions: We prepare a diverse and talented pool of students to meet the challenges of demanding legal careers whether as advocates, counselors, planners, or policy makers and to meet the leadership responsibilities lawyers are called upon to perform in their personal and professional lives. Our central focus in this effort is the preparation of students for the first professional degree in law. We are a center of legal scholarship, whose members work to enlarge society's understanding of law and its underlying policies, legal institutions, and legal processes. We provide expertise, support and service to governmental units at all levels, to local and national organizations engaged in law reform and policy analysis, to the legal profession, and to the people of Western Pennsylvania, both through the work of our graduates and through efforts to foster improvements in all aspects of the justice system. In serving our students, we are committed to an active and inclusive spirit of community and to the effective, efficient and congenial provision of service. We seek to model a diverse community characterized by fairness, professionalism, and respect for the dignity and contributions of all persons. We aspire, with regard to our teaching, research, and public service, to conduct all of our programs in a manner consistent with the highest standards of professionalism, and at a nationally prominent level of quality that adds luster to the legal and business communities of Pittsburgh; that makes us relevant to the key needs of this region's private, public, and nonprofit sectors; and that distinguishes us as one of the finest public urban law schools in the United States.

Degree - Second: 
J.D.
Degree Year - Second: 
1950

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania
Court Name: 

Pennsylvania Western District Court

President Nominating: 
Richard M. Nixon
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
4/24/1970
Termination Date: 
3/27/1973
Termination Reason: 
Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Court Name - Second: 
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Court Name - Second: 

Third Circuit Court of Appeals

Commission Date - Second: 
3/15/1973
Retirement from Active Service - Second: 
4/1/1988
Termination Date - Second: 
3/19/2014
Termination Reason - Second: 
Death