Phil Weiser

Phil Weiser
15th Dean of the University of Colorado Law School
In office
June 2011 – July 2016
Preceded by David Getches
Succeeded by James Anaya
Personal details
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s)
Heidi Wald (m. 2002)
Education Swarthmore College (BA)
New York University (JD)
Website Official Website

Philip Jacob Weiser is the Hatfield Professor of Law and Telecommunications, Executive Director and Founder of the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship, and Dean Emeritus at the University of Colorado Law School.[1] He previously served in the Obama and Clinton Administrations in the White House and Justice Department.[2][3] He is currently the Democratic nominee for Attorney General for the State of Colorado in the 2018 election.[4]

Biography

Weiser holds a bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College with high honors, and a law degree from the New York University School of Law, with Order of the Coif honors, where he was an Articles Editor for the New York University Law Review.[5][6] After graduating, Weiser served as law clerk to Judge David Ebel of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals from September 1994 to August 1995. He was then a law clerk to Justices Byron R. White and Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the U.S. Supreme Court from September 1995 to August 1996. Following his clerkships, he was senior counsel to Joel Klein, the Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department's Antitrust Division from 1996 to 1998.[1]

In 1999, Weiser joined the University of Colorado Boulder Law School as a professor of law and telecommunications. There, Weiser established the national center of excellence in telecommunications and technology law and founded the Journal on Telecommunications & High Technology Law.[1][7] He also founded the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship and he wrote and taught in the areas of competition policy, innovation policy, and Internet policy.[8][1][9]

In 2009, President Barack Obama appointed Weiser as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Justice Department's Antitrust Division.[10][11] He took the post in July 2009, taking a leave of absence from the University of Colorado Law School.[12] In 2010, President Obama named him senior advisor for technology and innovation to the National Economic Council Director, and he participated in a series of policy initiatives.[13][14][15][16]

From June 2011 through July 2016, Weiser served as the 15th Dean of the University of Colorado Law School.[17][18] During his time as Dean he was named one of the National Jurist's most influential leaders in legal education.[19] Through the Silicon Flatirons Center, Weiser developed a range of programs to build up CU Boulder’s support for entrepreneurship and has linked it to the local startup community.[20][21] Some of the initiatives include Tech Lawyer Accelerator, the Corporate Counsel Intensive Institute and the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative.[22][23]

Civic activities

Weiser is a member of the Democratic party. His two areas of focus are environmental protections and consumer advocacy. He also serves as the Secretary of the CareerWise Colorado Board.[24]

Personal life

Weiser is one of two sons born to a Holocaust survivor who came to the United States at a young age. His mother was born in a German concentration camp before coming to the United States at age six.[25]

On November 10, 2002, Weiser married Heidi Wald, a physician, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and they now live together with their two children in Denver.[26][27]

Selected publications

Books

  • Phil Weiser & Jon Nuechterlein, Digital Crossroads: American Telecommunications Policy in the Internet Age (MIT Press 2013) ISBN 9780262140911.[28]
  • Phil Weiser, Stuart Benjamin, Howard Shelanski & James Speta, Telecommunications Law and Policy (Carolina Academic Press 2012) ISBN 978-1-61163-691-8.[29]
  • Phil Weiser, The Jury and Democracy: How Jury Deliberation Promotes Civic Engagement and Political Participation (Oxford University Press 2010) ISBN 0195377311.[30]

Articles

  • Weiser, Philip J. (2001). "Federal Common Law, Cooperative Federalism, and the Enforcement of the Telecom Act". NYU L. Rev. 76 (6): 1692. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  • Weiser, Philip J. (2003). "Cooperative Federalism and Its Challenges". Mich. St. L. Rev. 2003: 727. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  • Weiser, Philip J. (2003). "Justice White and Judicial Review". U. Colo. L. Rev. 74: 1305. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  • Weiser, Philip J. (2003). "Regulatory Challenges and Models of Regulation" (PDF). J. on Telecomm. and High Tech. L. 2: 1. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  • Weiser, Philip J. (2003). "Toward A Next Generation Regulatory Regime" (PDF). Loyola L. Rev. 35: 41. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  • Weiser, Philip J. (2005). "First Principles for an Effective Rewrite of the Telecommunications Act of 1996". AEI-Brookings Joint Center Paper Series. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  • Weiser, Philip J.; Hatfield, Dale N. (2005). "Policing the Spectrum Commons". Fordham L. Rev. 75 (2): 74. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  • Weiser, Philip J. (2005). "The Ghost of Telecommunications Past". Mich. L. Rev. 103 (6): 1671. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  • Weiser, Philip J. (2005). "The Relationship of Antitrust and Regulation in A Deregulatory Era". Antitrust Bulletin. 50 (September 2005). Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  • Weiser, Philip J. (2010). "What Carrier Doesn't Address" (PDF). Ala. L. Rev. 61 (3): 571. Retrieved September 14, 2017.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Professor Philip J. Weiser faculty profile. University of Colorado. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  2. ↑ Anas, Brittany (April 22, 2009). "CU law professor appointed to Justice Department's antitrust division". Daily Camera. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  3. ↑ "Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2012". Congressional Record, 112th Congress, 2nd Session. 158 (50): H1610. March 27, 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2017. Former White House adviser Philip Weiser
  4. ↑ "Salazar Concedes; Phil Weiser To Face George Brauchler For Attorney General In November". Colorado Public Radio. July 2, 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  5. ↑ "Philip Weiser '94 named dean of the University of Colorado Law School". NYU Law School News. May 31, 2011. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Masthead for 1993-94, Vol 68-69". New York University Law Review. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  7. ↑ Journal on Telecommunications and High Technology Law. jthtl.org.
  8. ↑ Kata, Sarah (January 20, 2017). "Phil Weiser to lead new innovation, entrepreneurship initiative at CU Boulder". Daily Camera. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  9. ↑ Weiser, Phil (May 11, 2011). "Boulder is for Startups". Obama Whitehouse Archive. Retrieved September 15, 2017. having worked at the University of Colorado Law School and run the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship from 1999 until joining the Obama Administration in 2009
  10. ↑ Chopra, Aneesh (March 24, 2010). "Providing Leadership on Standards to Address National Challenges". Obama White House Archives. Retrieved September 15, 2017. Philip Weiser, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for International, Policy and Appellate Matters, Department of Justice
  11. ↑ "Press release: Professor Weiser Appointed to Justice Department's Antitrust Division". University of Colorado Law School. April 22, 2009. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  12. ↑ Anas, Brittany (May 31, 2011). "CU-Boulder names Phil Weiser dean of law school". Daily Camera. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  13. ↑ "American Association for the Advancement of Science Agenda" (PDF). Obama White House Archives. December 16, 2010. Retrieved September 15, 2017. Phil Weiser, Senior Advisor for Technology and Innovation to the National Economic Council Director
  14. ↑ Chopra, Aneesh (June 15, 2010). "Innovation for America: Technology for Economic Growth and Empowering Americans". Obama White House Archives. Retrieved September 15, 2017. Phil Weiser, Senior Advisor for Technology and Innovation to the National Economic Council Director
  15. ↑ Moore, Tom (April 29, 2010). "Phil Weiser appointed as White House Senior Advisor for Technology and Innovation". TimesArrow. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  16. ↑ "President Obama Details Plan to Win the Future through Expanded Wireless Access". Obama White House Archives. February 10, 2011. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  17. ↑ Anas, Brittany (May 31, 2011). "CU-Boulder names Phil Weiser dean of law school". Daily Camera. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
  18. ↑ Mendoza, Monica (August 24, 2015). "CU Law School Dean Weiser stepping down". Denver Business Journal. Retrieved September 16, 2017. He also organized the Gathering of the Bench and Bar Conference, worked with the White Center to establish the Stevens Lecture, which brought four Supreme Court Justices to Colorado Law
  19. ↑ "25 Finalists Named to Most Influential in Legal Education". The National Jurist. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  20. ↑ "Weiser to lead Innovation and Entrepreneurship initiative". CU Boulder Today. 2017-01-19. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  21. ↑ Kuta, Sarah (January 20, 2017). "Phil Weiser to lead new innovation, entrepreneurship initiative at CU Boulder". Daily Camera. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  22. ↑ "Inside Clinton's tech policy circle". POLITICO. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  23. ↑ "Philip Weiser to step down as dean of the University of Colorado Law School". CU Boulder Today. 2015-08-24. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  24. ↑ "Board Members". CareerWise Colorado. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
  25. ↑ Young, Lisa (July 24, 2017). "Attorney General candidate Phil Weiser stumps in Sterling". Journal-Advocate (Sterling, CO). Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  26. ↑ Frank, John (May 11, 2017). "Phil Weiser announces bid for Colorado attorney general with big-time endorsement". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  27. ↑ "Weddings/Celebrations: Heidi Wald, Philip Weiser". New York Times. November 10, 2002. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  28. ↑ "Digital Crossroads". MIT Press. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  29. ↑ "Telecommunications Law and Policy". law.duke.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  30. ↑ The Jury and Democracy: How Jury Deliberation Promotes Civic Engagement and Political Participation. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 2010-11-10. ISBN 9780195377316.
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Preceded by
David Getches		 15th Dean of the University of Colorado School of Law
2011-2016		 Succeeded by
James Anaya
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