Memorable Manitobans: Abraham Lionel “Len” Weinberg (c1934-2018)

Lawyer.

After graduation from the University of Manitoba in 1960, he was called to the Manitoba Bar and practiced law with Harry Walsh and Archie Micay. His law career spanned more than 50 years with such firms as McJannet Rich, Myers Weinberg, and D’Arcy and Deacon. He was made a Queen’s Counsel in 1982. He died at Winnipeg on 24 September 2018 and was buried in the Shaarey Zedek Cemetery.

Sources:

“Two women lawyers among 13 appointed as Queen’s Counsel,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 1981, page 2.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 13 October 2018.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 28 April 2024

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