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Attorney By Attorney Career Profiles of the Profession Who? Steve Weise Shareholder sweise@hewm.com What? Primary Practice Area & Subspecialty Fields: Commercial law, which an emphasis on financing. When? Years in the Legal Profession: Since 1974. Where? Employer: Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe LLP www.hewm.com City/State: Los Angeles, CA Law School: University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, J.D. (1974) Undergraduate School/Degree: Yale University, B.A. (1971) Bar Affiliations and Activities: Member of the Permanent Editorial Board for the Uniform Commercial Code American Bar Association's Advisor to the Uniform Commercial Code Article 9 Drafting Committee Chair-Elect of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association Past chair of the Business Law Section Committee on Personal Property Secured Financing Past chair of the Business Law Section Committee on Legal Opinions Former chair of the Executive Committee of the Business Law Section of the California State Bar Past Chair of its Committee on the Uniform Commercial Code Recent Professional Publications: Author of extensive Annual Updates on Commercial Law published by the American Bar Association and the State Bar of California. Publishes articles on personal property secured transactions in the American Bar Association publication The Business Lawyer. Recent Professional Presentations: Lectures widely on commercial law topics and legal opinion letters.