Miriam Weizenbaum

Miriam Weizenbaum joined Amato DeLuca in 1995 to establish the Providence law firm of DeLuca & Weizenbaum. She is a trial lawyer whose civil litigation practice includes representing people injured by medical errors and negligence, defective products, government and police abuse, and other civil rights violations. Ms. Weizenbaum attended Simon's Rock of Bard College, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree. After working as a community and union organizer, she earned a Juris Doctorate at Temple University in 1986. In her first job as a lawyer, Ms. Weizenbaum worked as a public defender in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, representing people in misdemeanor, felony, and death penalty cases.

In 2016, Ms. Weizenbaum and her law partner, Amato DeLuca, founded a non-profit public interest law center, the Rhode Island Center for Justice. Since its founding, the Center for Justice has been fulfilling its mission to protect legal rights and ensure justice for vulnerable individuals, families, and communities through partnership with community advocates, while training and mentoring future public interest lawyers through a fellowship program. Miriam Weizenbaum is admitted to the courts of the State of Rhode Island and the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. Her professional memberships include the Pennsylvania and Rhode Island Bar Associations, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and the Rhode Island Trial Lawyers Association.