Russell J. Weintraub
Russell J. Weintraub (1929–2012) was an American lawyer, formerly the Ben H. and Kitty King Powell Emeritus Chair in Business and Commercial Law Professor at University of Texas at Austin, and also a published author.[1][2][3]
He was instrumental in hiring Elizabeth Warren for University of Texas at Austin Law School when he saw her teaching at University of Houston Law School. This hiring decision is believed to have catapulted Warren's career into the top echelon of the American Law.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Russell J. Weintraub, Ben H. and Kitty King Powell Chair Emeritus in Business and Commercial Law, has died". utexas.edu. December 14, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ^ "Weintraub, Russell J." worldcat.org. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ^ "Russell Weintraub". Legacy. Austin American-Statesman. December 16, 2012.
- ^ Linskey, Annie (1 September 2018). "Ethnicity not a factor in Elizabeth Warren's rise in law". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
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