The Lowdown: Doug Weinstein
I Bet You Didn't Know ... Doug enjoys singing in private karaoke rooms with friends.
After 37 years with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and now with the AJT, , Jaffe’s focus is lifestyle, art, dining, fashion, and community events with emphasis on Jewish movers and shakers.
Atlanta is chock full of interesting “movers and shakers” – some bent on creativity, activism and/or just plain having fun and living the good life. Lean in to hear some of the “off the cuff” remarks as to what makes attorney Doug Weinstein tick.
Doug Weinstein is a litigator who practices criminal defense as well as civil litigation in state and federal court. Doug graduated from Vanderbilt University with a degree in electrical engineering, after which he lived in Birmingham working as an engineer for U.S. Steel while completing an MBA. Following seven years of too many close calls with runaway machines and powerhouse fires, Doug attended law school in New Hampshire prior to moving to Atlanta. Since 1998,
Doug has split his time between living in Atlanta and Taipei, Taiwan. Doug’s four adult children are spread up and down the East Coast, and Doug lives in Dunwoody with Sheryl Chen and their son, Daniel, who attends Davis Academy.
Most recently, Weinstein has appeared almost weekly in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as he is representing Deamonte Kendrick in the YSL RICO trial that has made sensational news due to popular rapper Young Thug being a co-defendant.
Find out why Weinstein interviewed 2,300 potential jurors for one trial.
What was your first job?
At age 14, I worked in the warehouse of my parents’ catalogue showroom (a place like Service Merchandise) in Jacksonville, Fla.
What advice would you give a 20-year-old Doug Weinstein?
Join the Foreign Service when you graduate. It’s a rewarding job where you get to live around the world and experience an array of cultures and peoples.
One thing fun or silly thing people don’t know about me is …
I enjoy going to KTV (private Karaoke rooms) and singing with a few friends. I have a terrible voice, but I think enthusiasm counts.
I am currently reading and streaming …
“A Short History of Nearly Everything” by Bill Bryson. I enjoy listening to audiobooks while driving around the state to and from court dates.
If “they” made a movie of your life, who would play the lead?
John Carroll would make a good version of me. We share a common look where I would bet that he gets mistaken for other people as much as I do.
My kids say I am too …
Fat. Hard to argue with them.
My favorite exotic vacation was …
My trip to Hanoi. It’s a city frozen in time – an old, French, colonial capital full of art galleries and coffee shops.
Living in Taipei taught me …
There is a world beyond the U.S. that is full of opportunities for living, working, and discovering. Americans should be more like people from the Commonwealth countries who live as expats as a matter of course.
The last time I cried was …
A couple of weeks ago in a basement hallway after visiting with a new client in jail who was suffering from severe depression.
My worse legal case ever was …
The 10 months I spent in the YSL criminal trial questioning 2,300 potential jurors about whether they could sit through a trial anticipated to last six to nine months.
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