Mikal M. Weiss was born in Miami Beach, Florida, in 1956. He graduated from Cheltenham High School near Philadelphia. Mikal initially attended the University of Florida and received his B.A. from The American University, Washington D.C. in 1978. He graduated from Western New England College School of Law in 1982. He was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1983, and is also admitted to practice before the United States District Court and the United States Bankruptcy Court. Mikal is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Hampshire County Bar Association, and a fellow of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation. He is an instructor at the Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and teaches 'Contracts in Business Relationships'. He has been a lecturer for the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. in the areas of contract drafting and negotiation. Mikal is a past member and President of The Board of Directors of Friends of Children, Inc., a non-profit child advocacy organization, which as part of its mission, administers the Court Appointed Special Advocates Program in Hampshire, Franklin, and Berkshire Counties. He continues to support this agency in various ways. He is currently President of the Board of Directors of Friends Of Hospice House, Inc. a residential hospice located in Amherst, Massachusetts. His practice continues to focus on a variety of business transactions, commercial law, and commercial and residential real estate transactions. Mikal represents numerous businesses in Western Massachusetts, and assists them in a variety of ways, including contract drafting and negotiation, real estate acquisition and development, commercial leasing, commercial financing, and employment agreements. Mikal resides in Northampton with his wife and two sons.