About Marc

Marc J. Weinstein began his career at the Office of the State Attorney in Miami-Dade County, Florida, where he served as an Assistant State Attorney until leaving the office to enter private practice in 2002. Marc has tried 45 cases before juries and more than 100 non-jury cases in a wide variety of civil and criminal cases in numerous state and federal courts over the past seventeen years. Marc's law practice now consists of  counseling and representing organizations and individuals in white collar investigations and intellectual property matters. A significant part of Marc's practice includes representing sponsors and publishers of secure examinations and assessments, to assist them in implementing legal protections to minimize threats to the validity of their tests, strengthen the integrity of their programs and enforce all intellectual property rights that may apply to their examinations. Examples of secure tests include, but are not limited to: board certification examinations, government mandated professional licensing examinations, employment tests, K-12 state educational assessments and examinations used in admissions determinations for college and graduate educational programs.

Education

  • J.D., cum laude, Temple University School of Law, 1998.
  • B.A., Communications, cum laude, Temple University School of Communications, 1995.
  • George School, Class of 1990.

Bar Admissions

  • Pennsylvania (2007).
  • Florida (1998).
  • United States Courts of Appeal for the: Eleventh Circuit, Third Circuit and Federal Circuit.
  • United States District Courts for the: Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Southern District of Florida, Middle District of Florida, Northern District of Ohio, and Northern District of Indiana. 
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Presentations

  • The University of Kansas Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation, 2015 Conference on Test Security, "There Oughta Be a Law!"
  • Elsevier 2015 Elevate Outcomes With HESI Conference, "Keeping Students Honest--Legal, Academic and Psychometric Perspectives."
  • Association of Test Publishers, 2015 Innovations in Testing Conference, "Exam Security Incident Response Workshop."
  • Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Philadelphia Chapter, 2014 Fall Conference, "Effective Internal Investigation Strategies for Privately Held Companies and Nonprofit Organizations."
  • Association of Inspectors General, 2014 Fall Training Conference, "High-Stakes Cheating Investigations, The Inspector General's Role in Preserving Exam Integrity."
  • The 9th Conference of the International Test Commission, San Sebastian, Spain, July 3, 2014, "Investigative Methods in Response to Possible Cheating on High-Stakes Tests."

In the News

  • Op-Ed published in the Philadelphia Inquirer, "When Web monitoring isn't about privacy" March 29, 2015.
  • Quoted in the Washington Post, "Debate Over Test Security vs. Student Privacy Rages in the Age of Social Media" By Emma Brown, March 23, 2015.
  • Interviewed by CBS Philly Local News program on May 10, 2014 about the criminal indictment of Philadelphia School District school administrators and educators accused of cheating on standardized state assessments.
  • Interviewed by CBS National News program "Up to The Minute" on November 26, 2013 about the indictment of 4 Steubenville, Ohio school officials for obstructing the investigation of an alleged rape of a high school student by two members of the Steubenville High School football team.