[1][2] He is also a founding partner of Oak Row Equities, a Miami Florida based real estate development company.
Within the asbestos litigation system, advisory committees exist to advocate for payments for plaintiffs.
The committees usually oppose advocates who would preserve trust fund resources for the future, rather than pay claims at present.
[4] In a 2002 article by The New York Times, "A Surge in Asbestos Suits, Many by Healthy Plaintiffs," a law professor at Yeshiva University, Lester Brickman, said, "Sick people with legitimate claims represent a tiny fraction of the claims being brought."
In response, Weitz was quoted in the article as saying, "Juries throughout the United States have said that these people deserve compensation .