Commissioner Weigel is an AV-rated securities attorney, with more than 30 years of legal experience, and a published author. In 2005, he founded a securities transactional and litigation law firm, which he ran until he became commissioner in March 2020. Prior to that, he served as a securities and transactional and litigation attorney in the private sector. He was also an enforcement attorney with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and an assistant state attorney for the Office of the State Attorney, Tenth Judicial Circuit. He holds an undergraduate degree in economics from Vanderbilt University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law.