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Samuel B. Weiner

Samuel Weiner

Samuel B. Weiner Co., LPA
743 South Front Street
Columbus, OH 43206

Columbus

Ohio (OH)

T: 614-443-6581
F: 614-443-9978

Practice Areas

Criminal Defense

Criminal Defense: DUI/DWI

Criminal Defense: White Collar

Selected To

• Ohio Super Lawyers 2012
• Ohio Super Lawyers 2011
• Ohio Super Lawyers 2010
• Ohio Super Lawyers 2009
• Ohio Super Lawyers 2008
• Ohio Super Lawyers 2007
• Ohio Super Lawyers 2006

Profile

Attorney Samuel Weiner has been practicing law for more than 30 years, handling criminal defense matters for clients in Columbus, Ohio, and throughout the region. An accomplished trial lawyer, Mr. Weiner has a proven record of success practicing in state and federal criminal courts throughout the United States.

Throughout his career, Mr. Weiner has overseen more than 300 jury trials to conclusion in all types of felonies, misdemeanors and traffic offenses, including white collar crimes, DUI charges, drug crimes and other offenses.

Mr. Weiner is a member of the Columbus Bar Association, where he chaired the Criminal Law Committee from 1987 to 1989. He acted as District 7 delegate to the Ohio State Bar Council of Delegates in 1994 and has been a member of the Board of Governors since 1997, serving as president from 2003 to 2004.

He has served as a member of the Franklin County Public Defender’s Commission since 1984 and received the Earl F. Morris Professionalism Award in 1995. He is an adjunct professor of law for Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law. 

About Samuel Weiner

Law School: Capital University Law School

Admitted: 1973, Ohio

Professional Webpage: www.samuelbweinerlaw.com/attorneys/

Honors and Awards:

  • Listed in Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, 1994 - Present
  • Listed in Best Lawyers in Columbus, Columbus Monthly
  • Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1989
  • Recipient of Earl F. Morris Professionalism Award, 1995
  • Recipient of Capital University Law School Alumni Association Professionalism Award, 1997

Special Licenses/Certifications:

  • Certified as a Criminal Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy

Bar/Professional Activity:

  • Member, American Inns of Court, Robert M. Duncan Chapter, 1992 - Present
  • Member, State of Ohio Public Defender's Commission, 1993 - 1995
  • Member, Franklin County Public Defender's Commission, 1984 - Present
  • Member, Board of Governors since 1997, serving as President 2003-2004.
  • District 7 Delegate to the Ohio State Bar Council of Delegates in 1994
  • Chair, Criminal Law Committee 1987-1989
  • Member, Columbus Bar Association
  • Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
  • Fellow, Columbus Bar Foundation
  • Fellow, Ohio State Bar Foundation
  • Member, Ohio Association, Criminal Defense Lawyers (President, 1994-1995)
  • Ohio State (Member, Criminal Law Section, 1995-; Member, Specialization Committee)
  • Columbus Bar Association (Chairman, Criminal Law Committee, 1987-1989; District 7 Delegate, Ohio State Bar Council of Delegates, 1994-; Board of Governors, 1997-; President, 2003-2004)
  • Member, Franklin County Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1982-1983)
  • Member of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
  • Ohio Bar, 1973
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 1975
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1978
  • Florida Bar, 1981
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1982
  •  U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1991
  • U.S. District Court, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, 1991
  •  U.S. Tax Court, 1992
  • Member,  Governors Task Force on Indigent Defense, 1992

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

  • Adjunct Professor of Law, The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law

Educational Background:

  • Miami University (Ohio), B.A., 1965
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