Howard Weitzman is a prominent American trial lawyer. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California (B.A., 1962) and University of Southern California Law Center (J.D., 1965).[1] He was admitted to the state bar in 1966. For a time, he was a Certified Specialist in Criminal Law (the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization) In 1986, he became a managing partner at the law firm of Wyman Bautzer, and then in 1991 joined the law firm of Katten Muchin Zavis & Weitzman.