John Weisenberger

John Weisenberger is a Guamanian politician and former attorney general of Guam from 2010 to 2011. He was also the public guardian of Guam.

John Weisenberger
Attorney General of Guam
(Acting)
In office
June 21, 2010 – January 3, 2011
GovernorFelix Camacho
Preceded byAlicia Limtiaco
Succeeded byLeonardo Rapadas
Personal details
EducationWayne State University (BS, JD)

Education

John graduated from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan in 1970. He earned a bachelors degree in accounting. In 1974, he earned his Juris Doctor degree from the same university. He began practicing law in Michigan in 1974, and then in Guam in 1977.[1]

Career

In January of 2001, John Weisenberger was appointed by the Supreme Court of Guam to become the first public guardian of Guam.[2] He served as the public guardian from 2001 to 2008.[1]

Attorney general

He was appointed as the attorney general on June 21, 2010 to replace Alicia Limtiaco, who departed to become Guam's United States Attorney.[3] He was replaced in January 2011 by Leonardo Rapadas, who was elected in November 2010.[4]

Retirement

John announced his retirement on December 12th, 2014. He was presented with the Ancient Order of the Chamorro by Governor Eddie Calvo shortly after the announcement.

Personal life

John is married to Elizabeth Mandell and they have four children.[1]

He is a Christian.[5]

gollark: Clearly what we need is Rust, but with less glacially slow compiles somehow?
gollark: I am very lazy, so I try and do as little work as possible.
gollark: I'm not sure I know of anyone who unironically thinks more code is better though.
gollark: You *can* use no_std rust and still get the borrow checker, although you also get the compiler being quite big.
gollark: Indeed.

References
  1. "JOHN M. WEISENBERGER". National Association of Attorneys General. Archived from the original on 26 November 2010.
  2. Weinberg, Robert M. (20 January 2009). "2008 Annual Report" (PDF). Office of the Public Guardian – via Supreme Court of Guam.
  3. Delgado, Nick (June 21, 2010). "Limtiaco takes helm as U.S. Attorney". KUAM-TV.
  4. Matthews, Laura (December 25, 2010). "Rapadas calls transition into AG office 'smooth'". Pacific Daily News.
  5. Stintson, Bart (14 February 1988). "John Weisenberger". Pacific Daily News. Retrieved 8 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Alicia Limtiaco		 Attorney General of Guam
Acting
2010–2011		 Succeeded by
Leonardo Rapadas
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