Ronald Weich is an American professor of law who currently serves as dean of the

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. He served as

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for the Office of Legislative Affairs from 2009 to 2012.

Biography

Weich graduated from

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''summa cum laude'' in 1980 and received his J.D. from

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in 1983. He spent his junior year studying abroad at the

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. He began his legal career as an assistant district attorney in

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. In 1987, he joined the staff of the

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serving as a legislative liaison. From 1990 to 1997, Weich served as general counsel to the

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and chief counsel to Senator

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on the

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. From 1997 to 2004, he was a lawyer at the Washington D.C. law firm Zuckerman Spaeder. From 2005 to 2007, he served as chief counsel to Senator

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. In March 2009, he was nominated to be the

for the Office of Legislative Affairs and was confirmed in April 2009. Under his leadership, the office has worked to advance legislations such as the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012, the FISA Amendments Extension Act and the Nuclear Terrorism Conventions Implementation Act. In June 2012, Weich announced his departure from the

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to join the

as its new dean.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Weich, Ronald Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Columbia College (New York) alumni Yale Law School alumni University of Baltimore faculty United States Assistant Attorneys General 20th-century American lawyers 21st-century American lawyers