[4] The Boston Daily Globe described the race between Mullen and Weeks as "one of the bitterest campaigns in years" and in his inaugural address, Weeks referred to his predecessor as a "caterwauling demagogue" and vowed to overturn many of his acts, including firing of Police Chief William E. Hill and the closure of the Everett Tuberculous Hospital.

[11] In 1922, Weeks defended George H. Mansfield, a former Everett resident who was charged with murdering his lover, Alice Jones.

[12] The medical examiner later ruled that Jones committed suicide and District Attorney Thomas C. O'Brien asked the grand jury to return no bill against Mansfield.

[13] In 1924, Weeks served as a special counsel for defendants accused of being part of an extortion ring led by former Middlesex County district attorney William J. Corcoran.

[15] In 1927 Weeks represented Jerry Gedzium, a convicted murder who was appealing his death sentence.