Weil

American  

[vay] / veɪ /

noun

1. André, 1906–98, U.S. mathematician, born in France: brother of Simone Weil.

2. his sister Simone 1909–43, French philosopher.

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Weil British  

/ vail /

noun

1. Simone (simɔn). 1909–43, French philosopher and mystic, whose works include Waiting for God (1951), The Need for Roots (1952), and Notebooks (1956)

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Weil

Just days before Weil collapsed, the firm’s recruiting machine was still humming.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Weil joins a very short list of major firms that have collapsed—including Dewey & LeBoeuf, which employed more than 1,000 lawyers at its peak and filed for bankruptcy in 2012.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Throughout October, second-year law student Madeleine Edwards received a series of upbeat emails from Weil Gotshal & Manges, the firm where she had landed a coveted job for next summer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

“My first week was full of training sessions and networking events,” wrote Jeremy Vyn, a Canadian law-school graduate who started at Weil on Oct.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Mr. Weil had not moved from the spot on the sidewalk where the soldier had left him.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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