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Legal Experience
2008 - present Partner, The Weil Firm LLC
1983 - 2008 United States Attorney's Office
Northern District of Georgia
United States Department of Justice
1990 - 2008 Chief, Appellate Division
1992 - 1995 Senior Litigation Counsel
1987 - 1993 Assistant United States Attorney
General Crimes Section, Criminal Division
1983 - 1987 Assistant United States Attorney
Civil Division
1981-83 Attorney, Devine & Morris
Atlanta, Georgia
Education
1978 - 1981 Emory University School of Law
Atlanta, Georgia
J.D. Degree
Class Rank: Top 10%
Research Editor, Emory Law Journal
1975 - 1977 Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
B.A. Degree in Psychology
1973 - 1975 University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Honors and Appointments
2016 Fellow
American Academy of Appellate Lawyers (AAAL)
2014 - present Member, Repeat Offenders Working Group
Atlanta Police Foundation
2010 - 2015 Board of Directors
Federal Defender Program, Inc.
Chairman (2014-15)
1998 - 2007 Member, Lawyers Advisory Committee
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Chairman (2003-07)
2003 - 2008 Member, Appellate Chiefs Working Group
U.S. Department of Justice
2008, 2009, 2012, present Voted "SuperLawyer" in Appellate Law by Atlanta Magazine
Selected Top 50 Women Lawyers in Georgia
2012 Georgia Trend’s 2012 Legal Elite
2005 - 2007 Member, Emory University Board of Governors
2003 - 2008 Member, Emory Law School Council
Emory University
2002 - 2003 Member, Emory Law Alumni Association (ELAA)
Emory University School of Law
Executive Committee, Member-at-Large (1993-2002)
1985 - 1993 Member, Young Law Alumni Council
Emory University School of Law
1984 - 2005 Adjunct Professor of Law
Emory University School of Law
Director, Student Internship Program
1986 - 2005 Adjunct Professor of Law
Georgia State College of Law
Director, Student Internship Program
1999 Recipient, Director's Award
United States Department of Justice
1990, 1997-99
2000
Recipient, Special Achievement Award
United States Department of Justice
1986 & 1990 Recipient, Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Drug Law Enforcement
Drug Enforcement Administration
United States Department of Justice
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Bar Activities
Federal Bar Association
2006 - 2007 President, Atlanta Chapter
2005 - 2006 Chapter President-Elect
2004 - 2005 Chapter Vice-President
2002 - 2003 Chapter Treasurer
2002 - present Member, Executive Committee
2001 - 2003 Judicial Selection Committee
State Bar of Georgia
2000 - present Appellate Practice Section
Chair (2008-2009)
Chair, Federal Practice Committee (2001-2002)
Co-Chair, Federal Practice Committee (2000)
2000 - 2001 Federal Courts Liaison Committee
2001 - 2003 Government Attorney Involvement Committee
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Bar Memberships
United States Supreme Court
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
State Bar of Georgia

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Professional Organizations
Atlanta Bar Association
Eleventh Circuit Historical Society
Federal Bar Association
Lawyer's Club of Atlanta
Supreme Court Historical Society
Women's White Collar Defense Association

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Publications
Chapter Author, Black, et al., 11th Circuit: Federal Appellate Procedure,
Chapter 15, Civil Appeals of Magistrate Judges' Decisions (1996)

Weil, A Step Toward Simplification, 8 Fed. Sent. R. 21 (1995)

Weil, In Partial Defense of Sentencing Entrapment, 7 Fed. Sent. R. 172 (1995)

Whitley & Weil, A Critique of the GAO and Sentencing Commission Reports:
Why the Central Questions Remain Unanswered, 5 Fed. Sent. R. 162 (1992)

Whitley & Weil, Grand Juries vs. the Right to Financial Privacy, 6 A.B.A.
Criminal Justice 9 (1991), reprinted in 1992 A.B.A. Complex Crimes Journal 261

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Community Activities
Atlanta Legal Aid Society
1990 - 1994, 2000 - 2016 Vice-Chairman, Atlanta Bar Association Fund Drive
1994 - 2000 Advisory Board
1987 - 1989 Steering Committee
Leukemia Society of America
Georgia Chapter
1993 - 2002 Board of Trustees
1997 - 1999 Vice-President
1993, 1996 Treasurer
October 1996 Chairman, Tribute to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
April 1992 Co-Chairman, Tennis Hacker's Festival
August 1990 Chairman, Morton's Celebrity Waiter Dinner
Atlanta Jewish Federation
1984 - 1994 Legal Division Committee Member
1994 Legal Division Co-Chair
Girl Scouts of America
2000 - 2004 Jr. Girl Scout Troop Co-Leader
2000 - 2002 Brownie Troop Co-Leader
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Speaking Engagements & Presentations
December 2016     Health Care Fraud Institute (ICLE)
Atlanta, Georgia
Panel Member
Topic: "Squaring Off: The Trial of United States v. Houser"
September 2016     American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section
Southeastern White Collar Crime Institute
Braselton, Georgia
Panel Moderator
Topic: "Complex White Collar Cases: A View from the Bench on Current Issues and Effective Techniques"
February 2016     White Collar Crime (ICLE)
Atlanta, Georgia
Panel Moderator
Topic: "Ethical Considerations in Government and Internal Investigations"
September 2015     American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section
Southeastern White Collar Crime Institute
Braselton, Georgia
Panel Member
Topic: "Supreme Court Update and Other Notable Developments In Criminal Law"
September 2014     American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section
Southeastern White Collar Crime Institute
Braselton, Georgia
Panel Member
Topic: "Supreme Court Update and Other Notable Developments In Criminal Law"
June 2013     International Business and Crimes:
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Criminal Antitrust & Export Controls (ICLE)
Atlanta, Georgia
Luncheon Speaker
Topic: "A Look at FCPA, Criminal Antitrust and Export Control Cases and Settlements"
February  2012     Atlanta Bar Association, Small Firm Section
Atlanta, Georgia
Luncheon Speaker
Topic: "Handling Appellate Work as a Non-Appellate Lawyer"
December 2011 Health Care Fraud Institute (ICLE)
Atlanta, Georgia
Panel Moderator
Topic: "Ethical Issues in Health Care Fraud Cases"
December 2010 Southeastern Health Care Fraud Institute (ICLE)
Atlanta, Georgia
Panel Moderator
Topic: "Ethical Issues in Criminal and Civil Fraud Cases"
November 2010 Saint Crispin's Day Seminar
Federal Defender Program
Atlanta, Georgia
Panel Moderator
Topic: "Professionalism - Brief Writing and Oral Advocacy"
November 2010 Atlanta Council of Younger Lawyers: Life of A Trial
Atlanta, Georgia
Panel Member
Topic: "After the Case - Appeal"
October 2010 Criminal Law Section Luncheon
Atlanta Bar Association
Atlanta, Georgia
Topic: "Binding Plea Agreements - Why You Want One and How You Get It"
September 2010 Federal Civil Trial Practice Seminar (ICLE)
Atlanta, Georgia
Topic: "Preserving Your Record in the Trial Court for Appeal"
(PowerPoint Presentation)
September 2010 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
International Business and Crime - An Overview (ICLE)
Atlanta, Georgia
Panel Member
Topic: "SEC and DOJ Year in Review"
December 2009 Southeastern Health Care Fraud Institute (ICLE)
Atlanta, Georgia
Luncheon Speaker
Topic: "Looking Forward: Professionalism in 2010"
April 2009 Federal Appellate Practice  Seminar (ICLE)
Atlanta, Georgia
Topic:  "Oral Argument in the Eleventh Circuit"
March 2009 Corporate Compliance and Ethics Institute 2009
Atlanta, Georgia
Panel Member
Topic:  "Cross-Border Governance, Compliance and
Regulatory Trends"
February 2009 Testimony Before United States Sentencing Commission
Public Hearing: "The Sentencing Reform Act of 1984:
25 Years Later"
Atlanta, Georgia
October 2008 International Business and Crime: Enforcement Issues in FCPA, Export Control and Antitrust (ICLE)
Atlanta, Georgia
Luncheon Speaker
Topic: "Discussion of Appellate Issues in FCPA, Export Control and Criminal Antitrust Cases"
October 2008 Second Eleventh Circuit Appellate Practice Institute (ECAPI II)
Atlanta, Georgia
Member, Planning Committee
Panel Moderator
Topic: "Rehearing/Rehearing En Banc"
October 2008 Atlanta Bar Association, Criminal Law Section
Atlanta, Georgia
Luncheon Speaker
Topic: "New Court Rules for Electronic Documents"
October 2008 Georgia Bar, Appellate Practice Section Meeting
Atlanta, Georgia
Panel Member
Topic: "Government Appellate Practice Exposed"
September 2008 FBA National Convention
Huntsville, Alabama
Panel Moderator
Topic: "Appellate Practice in the Electronic Age"
November 2007 Conference on a Fair and Impartial Judiciary
Atlanta, Georgia
Participant
May 2007 Federal Appellate Practice (ICLE)
Atlanta, Georgia
Panel Member
Topic: "A Report on the National Conference on Appellate Justice: Ethics Issues"
May 2007 Eleventh Circuit Judicial Conference
Atlanta, Georgia
Member, Planning Committee
Panel Member
Topic: "Effective Appellate Advocacy: Three Appellate Lawyers and a Judge"
October 2006 Eleventh Circuit Appellate Practice Institute (ECAPI)
Atlanta, Georgia
Chair, Planning Committee
Panel Member
Topic: "Characteristics of Effective Oral Argument"
November 2005 2005 National Conference on Appellate Justice
Washington, D.C.
Participant
April 2005 20th Annual Fifth Circuit Appellate Practice and Advocacy Seminar
New Orleans, Louisiana
Faculty
Topic: "Current Issues in Criminal Law"
April 2005 Federal Bar Association Luncheon
Atlanta, Georgia
Panel Member
Topic: "Sentencing After Booker"
August 2004 American Bar Association Annual Meeting
Atlanta, Georgia
Panel Member
Topic: "Annual Survey of Supreme Court Decisions"
December 2003 13th Annual White Collar Crime Seminar (ICLE)
Atlanta, Georgia
Panel Member
Topic: "Current Issues in Federal Sentencing"
September 2003 10th Annual United States Supreme Court Update (ICLE)
Atlanta, Georgia
Topic: "Criminal Law: Overview"
(PowerPoint Presentation)
September 2002 9th Annual United States Supreme Court Update (ICLE)
Atlanta, Georgia
Topic: "Criminal Law: Overview"
(PowerPoint Presentation)
April 2002 Federal Appellate Practice in the Eleventh Circuit (ICLE)
Atlanta, Georgia
Topic: "Oral Argument in the Eleventh Circuit"
(PowerPoint Presentation)
October 2001 & 2002 "Inside the Eleventh Circuit: A Dialogue with the Clerk of
Court" Sponsored by the Eleventh Circuit Lawyers Advisory Committee
Atlanta, Georgia
(Organized; Opening Remarks)
September 2001 8th Annual United States Supreme Court Update (ICLE)
Atlanta, Georgia
Topic: "Criminal Law: Overview"
(PowerPoint Presentation)
April 2001 Appellate Strategies (ICLE)
Atlanta, Georgia
Panel Member
Topic: "Emergency Motions, Injunctions and Stays at the Appellate Level"
September 2000 7th Annual United States Supreme Court Update (ICLE)
Atlanta, Georgia
Topic: "Criminal Law: Overview"
(PowerPoint Presentation)
March 2000 3rd Annual Health Care Fraud Institute (ICLE)
Callaway Gardens
Pine Mountain, Georgia
Topic: "Civil and Criminal Cases in the Federal Courts: Victories/Defeats"
(PowerPoint Presentation)
September 1999 6th Annual United States Supreme Court Update (ICLE)
Atlanta, Georgia
Topic: "Criminal Law: Overview"
(PowerPoint Presentation)
September 1998 5th Annual United States Supreme Court Update (ICLE)
Atlanta, Georgia
Topic: "Criminal Law: Overview"
(PowerPoint Presentation)
1993, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2006 Appellate Chiefs Conference
Attorney General's Advocacy Institute
Faculty
Sept. 1997 & 1998 Georgia State College of Law
Atlanta, Georgia
Topic: "The Role of the Federal Prosecutor"
March 1997 Federalist Society
Emory University School of Law
Atlanta, Georgia
Panel Member
Topic: "Punishment"
May 1996 YLS: Criminal Law Seminar
Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Topic: "Federal Sentencing Guidelines"
May 1996 Federal Appellate Practice Seminar (ICLE)
Atlanta, Georgia
Topic: "Oral Argument in the Eleventh Circuit"
April 1996 Federal Bar Association & United States Sentencing Commission
Fifth Annual National Seminar on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines
Tampa, Florida
Panel Member
Topic: Sentencing Guideline Update
January 1996 Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
1996 Winter Seminar
Atlanta, Georgia
Topic: "Presentation of the Prosecution's Case at Guidelines Sentencing"
1995 Contributor
Ethics and Professional Responsibility Manual, Presented at the Second Annual Conference, Professional Responsibility Officers
Washington, D.C.
1994 Contributor
Draft Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Central and Eastern European Law Initiative (CEELI)
American Bar Association
December 1994 Federal Practice Seminar
Clearwater, Florida
Topic: "Appellate Practice: Brief Writing and Oral Argument"
April 1994 Federal Appellate Practice Seminar (ICLE)
Atlanta, Georgia
Topic: "How Briefs and Oral Argument Fit Together for a Winning Strategy"
November 1993 Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF)
Eleventh Annual Regional Conference
Hilton Head, South Carolina
Topic: "Eleventh Circuit Law Update"
October 1993 Fourth Annual Seminar on White Collar Crime (ICLE)
Atlanta, Georgia
Course Materials: "Eleventh Circuit Sentencing Guidelines Manual"
December 1992 Federal Practice Seminar
Atlanta, Georgia
Course Materials: "Grand Jury Practice"
October 1992 White Collar Crime Seminar (ICLE)
Atlanta, Georgia
Topic: "The Federal Sentencing Guidelines Five Years Later: In Washington, in the Courts, and in the Literature"
May 1992 Southeast Region Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) and Asset Forfeiture Attorneys' Conference
Atlanta, Georgia
Topic: "Eleventh Circuit Review"
November 1991 Federal Sentencing Guidelines Seminar (ICLE)
Atlanta, Georgia
Topic: "Corporate Guidelines, Fines & Restitution"
August 1991 American Bar Association Annual Meeting
Atlanta, Georgia
Panel Member
Topic: "How to Sentence a Convicted Corporation: A Case Study Using the Newly Proposed Organizational Sanctions"
1991, 1995, 1998 & 2001 Appellate Advocacy Course
Attorney General's Advocacy Institute
Instructor
1989-91 Atlanta College of Trial Advocacy (NITA)
Faculty Member
1983-present Emory Trial Techniques Program
Atlanta, Georgia
Instructor
  National Moot Court Competition
1992, 1996 & 1998 Final Round Judge, Region V Finals
1995, 1997, 2006-08, 2011 & 2014 Semi-Final Round Judge
2015 Practice Round Judge
1991-2007 Three-District U.S. Attorney's Office Conference (Developed and Organized)
Atlanta, Macon & Savannah, Georgia
January 1993 - Topic: "Sentencing Guidelines"
March 2002 - Topic: "Post-Sentencing Attacks on Prior Convictions: "The Walker Problem"
February 2004 - Topic: "Adverse Decisions and the Appellate Process"
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