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Dean Weiner passed away on February 14 but the Law School is leaving up his webpage for the rest of the 07-08 academic year as a memorial to him and a tribute to his accomplishments and his contributions to the law school.

Educational and Professional Background

Harvard University, LLM, 1977
University of the Pacific, JD, 1976
University of California Los Angeles, BS, 1970

Dean Weiner has extensive experience in tax-exempt securities, leveraged leasing, low-income housing and historic rehabilitation tax credit financings, energy financings, collateralized mortgage obligations, energy industry transition bonds and other highly tax-influenced financings and financial products. He also has extensive experience in corporate restructurings and reorganizations. Weiner has acted as general financial counsel for numerous taxable and tax-exempt entities. He was recently heavily engaged in tax planning advice to start-up and technology companies. Dean has been a partner of the O’Melveny & Myers LLP since 1983.  He began teaching part-time in 1996 and joined Loyola Law School as a distinguished lecturer in 2006.

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Professional Memberships and Activities

Former Chairman, Tax-Exempt Financing Committee of the American Bar Association; Los Angeles County Bar Tax Section; Education Committee and Arbitrage Seminar of the National Association of Bond Lawyers

Former Director, National Association of Bond Lawyers

Teacher and Lecturer, USC Tax Institute; Practising Law Institute; National Real Estate Development Council; Northwestern Center for Education; American Bar Association; Los Angeles County Bar Association; California State Bar, Tax Section

Member, Los Angeles Public Library Foundation Board, 1994-present

Member and Former Chairman, Board of Directors of the Weingart Center Association, 1989-present

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Recent Scholarship

Co-Author, State and Local Government Debt Financing, ed. Gelfand

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Courses Taught

Corporate Taxation

Tax Aspects of Business Planning