Gregory S. Weiss

Greg is a partner in Taft’s Commercial Litigation practice and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He focuses his practice on trial or arbitration of business, intellectual property, and construction matters. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and is board-certified in Business Litigation and Civil Trial by the Florida Bar.

Greg previously served in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps at the 82d Airborne Division and the Defense Language Institute at Presidio of Monterey. He deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom II and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his service in Iraq.

Greg currently serves on the Florida Bar Board of Governors as the representative of the 19th Judicial Circuit. He has taught trial advocacy as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida College of Law and for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Greg previously served as chairman of the University of Florida College of Law Board of Trustees and president of the University of Florida Law Alumni Council.

Publications:

• Cool Change: Evolution and Explanation of New Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.380(e), Fla. B.J., July/August 2020, at 24.
• Navigating Florida’s Changing Daubert Tide in Business Cases, Fla. B.J., September/October 2019, at 26.
• Online Defamation: Do Hyperlinks Constitute Republication for Florida Defamation and Trade Libel Claims? Fla. B.J., May 2016, at 58.
• Beast of (Shifting) Burden: What Constitutes Undue Burden Sufficient to Shift ESI Production Costs Under Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.280? Fla. B.J., Vol. 90, No. 1 January 2015, at 61.
• Post Mortem of an Estate Planning Malpractice Case, January 2015, Trial, Vol. 51, No. 1.

Speaking Engagements:

• Adjunct Faculty Member, University of Florida College of Law, Advanced Trial Advocacy (2023).
• Faculty, 2020 – 2025 Civil Trial Update & Board Certification Review, Discovery of Electronically Stored Information for Trial Lawyers, Trial Lawyers Section of the Florida Bar.
• Faculty Member, 2019 NITA Florida Trial Program, Nova Southeastern University College of Law.