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Jody Weiner (b. Jody Carl Weiner) is an American novelist, non-fiction author, film producer and lawyer.

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Weiner wrote the literary suspense novel Prisoners of Truth (2004). The novel draws in part from his experiences defending high-profile criminal cases in Chicago. [1] Along with Jane Goodall, Mark Bekoff, Dave Soldier and other animal activists, he co-authored Kinship With Animals (2006), an anthology of true interspecies encounters. In the book, he writes about serving as attorney to Koko the Gorilla. [2] [3] Weiner also co-edited Resistance: A Radical Political and Social History of the Lower East Side by Clayton Patterson (2007), and co-managed publication of Vali Myers-a Memoir by Gianni Menichetti (2007). Weiner was also advisor and legal counsel for the documentary A Conversation with Koko (1999), which received a Genesis Award for Best PBS Documentary in 2000. [4] Weiner was also a consulting producer and wrote additional dialogue for Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil (animated feature film, The Weinstein Company 2011). Weiner also co-authored Peoplescapes, My Story From Purging To Painting an illustrated Memoir by Nancy Calef with Jody Weiner (2014 Babu Books). [5] He was also advisor to the feature film Loveless in Los Angeles (2006) and writer/director of the animated music video Lost My Mind Again (2004), [6] and producer of Perfect Two, a music video by Ceej (Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil soundtrack, 2011).

Weiner was born and raised in Chicago where he spent eleven years defending criminal cases in state and federal courts. [7] In 1985, he moved to San Francisco. There he began to write books and practice civil law securing million-dollar verdicts. [8] Weiner's clients have ranged from MRI machine inventor Raymond Damadian to an Ohio death row inmate, from NBA All-Star Norm Van Lier [9] to SKYY vodka inventor Maurice Kanbar. [10] He has also advised the Artist's Guild of San Francisco and the Gorilla Foundation, and he is a former Director of the Golda Foundation. Weiner is a director of the Litquake Foundation, [11] producer of the annual San Francisco Litquake Festival. Weiner was a 2013 recipient of The Acker Award for achievement in the Avant Garde. [12] He holds a B.A. in sociology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and a J.D. from DePaul University. [6] Weiner is a member of the California and the Illinois State Bar, Federal District Courts for the Northern Districts of California and Illinois, and the Court of Appeals for the Sixth, Seventh and Ninth Federal Circuits. Weiner is married to contemporary American figurative painter Nancy Calef.

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  2. Jody Weiner, "Hot Koko,” California Lawyer, July 2005. p. 80.
  3. Jody Weiner, "Hot Koko & the Fetching Cat." Kinship with Animals. Ed. Kate Solisti and Michael Tobias. San Francisco/Tulsa: Council Oak, 2006. 182-88.
  4. "The Humane Society". 2000 Genesis Awards Official Site. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved August 14, 2007.
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  6. 1 2 "About the Author". Prisoners of Truth official site. Archived from the original on July 27, 2007. Retrieved August 9, 2007.
  7. Thomas J. Dolan, "Viaduct Juror Also Caught in Storm," Chicago Sun Times, July 29, 1977
  8. Gene Turner, "PG&E Ordered to Pay Stockton Firm $1.2 Million," Stockton Record, October 5, 1990
  9. Paul Levy, "Norm Storms to the Bucks," Milwaukee Sentinel, October 27, 1978, page 1, part 2.
  10. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals oral argument in Kaufman v. Kanbar 2/11/2010
  11. Litquake Board of Directors- Litquake website retrieved on August 12, 2015
  12. Jan Herman, “For Nonconforming Artists, the Envelope Please,” ArtsJournal, June 2, 2013.

"Making the Divisadero World Better" by Leah Garchik in the San Francisco Chronicle, June 22, 2011

Litquake Lit Cast Episode 9: "The Dirty Side of Democracy" podcast at San Francisco's Tosca Cafe, October 7, 2012 hosted by author Jody Weiner, Litquake web site

"Peoplescapes with Artist Nancy Calef and Jody Weiner" The Beat Museum web site

"STYLE Counsel: Advice on How to Dress from writer and attorney Jody Weiner" by Sylvia Rubin in the San Francisco Chronicle, December 4, 1997

"Nancy Calef Writes of Recovering from a Mom’s Madness" by Edward Guthmann in the San Francisco Chronicle, May 20, 2014

"These Mean Streets: Reality and Fiction collide" event at San Francisco's Tosca Café on October 16, 2011 hosted by author-lawyer Jody Weiner mentioned in "Black Panther and Red Carpet are a Go" by Leah Garchik in the San Francisco Chronicle, October 14, 2011

"Writing and Fighting: Creative Couples Collaborating" Litquake event moderated by Jody Weiner and Nancy Calef mentioned in "Kansas City's contribution to this City by the Bay" by Leah Garchik in the San Francisco Chronicle, October 23, 2014

Leah Garchik column in the San Francisco Chronicle, October 7, 2004