Frank Weil

{{short description|American lawyer}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1894|3|6|mf=y}}

| birth_place = New York City

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1957|11|10|1894|3|6|mf=y}}

| death_place = New York City

| nationality = American

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| spouse = Henrietta Simons

| occupation = Lawyer

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| alma_mater = Columbia Law School

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Frank Leopold Weil (March 6, 1894 – November 10, 1957) was an American lawyer. He was a founding partner of Weil, Gotshal & Manges in 1931.{{cite journal |first=Samuel D. |last=Gershovitz |title=Frank Leopold Weil (1894–1957) |journal=Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society |volume=47 |issue=4 |year=1958 |pages=230–233 |jstor=43059041 }}

Born in New York City, Weil attended Columbia Law School, where he became friends with Samuel Irving Rosenman.{{cite news |title=Frank L. Weil, Y.m. H. A. President, is Active Worker, Successful Lawyer, Book Collector, Art Connoi |work=Jewish Telegraph Agency |date=January 25, 1934 |url=http://www.jta.org/1934/01/25/archive/frank-l-weil-y-m-h-a-president-is-active-worker-successful-lawyer-book-collector-art-connoi }} After graduating with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1917, he practiced at Elkus, Gleason & Proskauer. Together with Sylvan Gotshal and Horace Manges he founded Weil, Gotshal & Manges in 1931, which {{As of|2016|8|alt=as of 2016}} is one of the largest law firms in the world.

Weil was married to former Henrietta Simons, the granddaughter of Moses Alexander.