Steven O Weise

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Steve Weise is a partner in Proskauer's corporate department, practicing in its Los Angeles office. He practices in a wide range of commercial law. He spends much of his time on matters arising under the Uniform Commercial Code, especially under Article 9 – Secured Transactions. He is a nationally-recognized expert in these matters. Steve is also authoritative on third-party opinion letters and contract law matters, especially online contracting, plain English drafting, contract drafting, and boilerplate.

Steve is a member of the Permanent Editorial Board for the Uniform Commercial Code and of the Council of the American Law Institute. For thirty years, Steve has been on many Uniform Commercial Code drafting committees, including the comprehensive revision of UCC Article 9 in 1999 and the 2022 UCC Amendments addressing digital assets as collateral. Steve is a Lecturer in Law at UCLA Law School, where he teaches Uniform Commercial Code – Secured Transactions.

Steve was instrumental as an Adviser in the preparation of the recently-completed American Law Institute Restatement of the Law, Consumer Contracts and is active in many other Restatement projects. Steve is the former chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Business Law and its Legal Opinions Committee. He has been the Reporter for many TriBar Opinions Committee reports on opinions under the UCC and has long been a member of the board of the Working Group on Legal Opinions.