Location Chicago, Illinois, United States Regions Greater Chicago Area, Great Lakes, Midwestern US Gender Male
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Robert M. Weiss provides legal and strategic advice on commercial IT matters, and represents clients worldwide in a variety of complex technology transactions, including systems integrations, infrastructure and business process outsourcings, technology development and licensing projects, ERP implementations, cloud computing and web hosting
arrangements, data center and co-location agreements and telecommunications procurements. Rob also advises clients on e-commerce, corporate finance and joint venture transactions. Rob’s work for clients extends across a broad range of sectors, but he has particularly deep experience in the healthcare, financial services, hospitality, and transportation industries.
Rob has practiced exclusively in the area of information technology law for over a decade. He is a recognized leader in the community of technology law practitioners, and regularly speaks and writes on subjects associated with information technology. Rob has published articles and been quoted in a variety of newspapers, journals and other media outlets, including Real Simple magazine, the Los Angeles Times, CNN Money, Consumer Reports, CFOMagazine, Computerworld, the Journal of Internet Law, the University of Virginia Journal of Law and Technology, and the Health Information Privacy/Security Alert.
Rob is recognized as a leader in the 2011, 2012 and 2013 editions of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (recommended in “Technology & Outsourcing”). He has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Americain the area of “Information Technology Law” since 2006.
Professional Affiliations:
Elected to the ITechLaw board of directors as Secretary (2014-2015)
Elected to the ITechLaw board of directors as Assistant Secretary (2013-2014)
Elected to the ITechLaw board of directors for (2007-present)
Selected as one of America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in Technology and IT Outsourcing by Chambers USA (2006-Present)
Selected as one of the “40 under 40” outstanding Illinois attorneys by Chicago Daily Law Bulletin (2003)
ITechLaw Association: Sponsorship Chair (2008-Present), and U.S. Developments editor of ITechLaw’s principal publication, The Bulletin (2001-2006)
Chicago Bar Association: Computer Law Committee, chairman (2002-2004).
