Jody Weiner
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Jody Weiner is an American
novelist, non-fiction author
, film producer and lawyer. Weiner wrote the literary suspense novel Prisoners of Truth (2004). The novel draws in part from his experiences defending high-profile criminal cases in Chicago. Along with Jane Goodall
, Mark Bekoff, Dave Soldier
and other animal activists, he co-authored Kinship With Animals (2006), an anthology of true interspecies encounters. In the book, he writes about his experiences as lawyer for Koko the Gorilla. Weiner also co-edited Resistance: A Radical Political and Social History of the Lower East Side by Clayton Patterson (2007). Weiner was also advisor and legal counsel for the documentary A Conversation with Koko (1999), which received a Genesis Award for Best PBS Documentary in 2000. He was also advisor to the feature film Loveless in Los Angeles (2006) and writer/director of the animated music video Lost My Mind Again (2004)).
Weiner was born and raised in Chicago
where he spent eleven years defending criminal cases in state and federal courts. In 1985, he moved to San Francisco. There he began to write books and practice civil law. Weiner’s clients have ranged from an inventor of the MRI machine to a death row inmate, from an NBA All-Star to Koko the signing gorilla. He has also served as corporate counsel for Skyy Spirits, LLC, has advised the Artist’s Guild of San Francisco, the Gorilla Foundation, and is a Director of the Golda Foundation (goldafoundation.org) He holds a B.A. in sociology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and a J.D. from DePaul University
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United States
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novelist, non-fiction author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
, film producer and lawyer. Weiner wrote the literary suspense novel Prisoners of Truth (2004). The novel draws in part from his experiences defending high-profile criminal cases in Chicago. Along with Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall
Dame Jane Morris Goodall, DBE , is a British primatologist, ethologist, anthropologist, and UN Messenger of Peace. Considered to be the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, Goodall is best known for her 45-year study of social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National...
, Mark Bekoff, Dave Soldier
Dave Soldier
Dave Soldier is an American composer and performer residing in New York.- Musical works :Some of his work is based on unusual collaborations. In the Thai Elephant Orchestra he built giant musical instruments on which he trained a group of elephants to improvise...
and other animal activists, he co-authored Kinship With Animals (2006), an anthology of true interspecies encounters. In the book, he writes about his experiences as lawyer for Koko the Gorilla. Weiner also co-edited Resistance: A Radical Political and Social History of the Lower East Side by Clayton Patterson (2007). Weiner was also advisor and legal counsel for the documentary A Conversation with Koko (1999), which received a Genesis Award for Best PBS Documentary in 2000. He was also advisor to the feature film Loveless in Los Angeles (2006) and writer/director of the animated music video Lost My Mind Again (2004)).
Weiner was born and raised in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
where he spent eleven years defending criminal cases in state and federal courts. In 1985, he moved to San Francisco. There he began to write books and practice civil law. Weiner’s clients have ranged from an inventor of the MRI machine to a death row inmate, from an NBA All-Star to Koko the signing gorilla. He has also served as corporate counsel for Skyy Spirits, LLC, has advised the Artist’s Guild of San Francisco, the Gorilla Foundation, and is a Director of the Golda Foundation (goldafoundation.org) He holds a B.A. in sociology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and a J.D. from DePaul University
DePaul University
DePaul University is a private institution of higher education and research in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by the Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th century French priest Saint Vincent de Paul...
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Works Published
- Prisoners of Truth (2004, softcover 2006, Council Oak Books) (ISBN 1-57178-197-8) and (ISBN 1-57178-124-2)
- Kinship With Animals (2006, Council Oak Books) (ISBN 1571781897) (co-author, introduction by William ShatnerWilliam ShatnerWilliam Alan Shatner is a Canadian actor, musician, recording artist, and author. He gained worldwide fame and became a cultural icon for his portrayal of James T...
) - Resistance: A Radical Political and Social History of the Lower East Side by Clayton Patterson. (2007, Seven Stories Press) (ISBN 1583227458) (co-editor)
External links
- book web site
- publisher web site
- California writers club Berkeley branch
- Golda Foundation Board member
- Notice of gallery reading by Weiner
- Salon event featuring showing of film directed by Weiner
- 2004 Writers club event featuring a reading by Weiner
- Appearance by Weiner at San Francisco public library
- brief review/blurb of Kinship with Animals
- Publication notice/blurb for Prisoners of Truth in UW Alumni News Spring 2005
- brief review of Kinship with Animals
- Books-on-line review of Prisoners of Truth