WWR Partner Alan Hochheiser Elected to Serve as Vice President for the ARMDI

Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. (WWR) is pleased to announce that WWR Partner Alan C. Hochheiser was recently elected to serve a two-year term as Vice President for American Friends of Magen David Adom (AFMDA), American Red Magen David for Israel (ARMDI) – David Berger Chapter in Shaker Heights, Ohio.  Founded in 1940, the ARMDI was incorporated in the State of New York to give medical assistance to the people of Israel (then Palestine).  Mr. Hochheiser has been involved with ARMDI for the past several years and served as a member of the Board of Directors for the David Berger Chapter in 2007.

Mr. Hochheiser was recently involved in an ARMDI fundraising campaign for a new ambulance center in S’drot Israel that raised nearly $650,000.  He stated, "It is an honor to be elected to serve as Vice President of ARMDI.  I enjoy being a part of this organization and I look forward to the opportunity to be involved with fundraising efforts to support the Israeli ambulance and blood services."  In the past six years, AFMDA has raised over $90 million to purchase medical supplies and ambulance for MDA in Israel.

Alan Hochheiser is the managing partner of the Bankruptcy department of WWR and is based in the Brooklyn Heights, Ohio operations center.  He is also involved with WWR’s Real Estate Default Group.  Mr. Hochheiser earned his J.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1988 and his B.A. cum laude from the State University of New York at Albany in 1985.  A member of the Ohio State and Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Associations, Mr. Hochheiser is licensed in Ohio.  He is admitted to practice before the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court (Northern District of OH, Western District of PA).  Mr. Hochheiser is currently a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute (Consumer Committee member), Commercial Law League of America, National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees (Creditors Auxillary member), National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees (Associate Member), Northern Ohio Credit Association, Fannie Mae Retained Attorney Network and Phi Delta Phi.  He is a frequent lecturer on bankruptcy issues and has been published in CUES Credit Union Management.  In addition to his involvement with ARMDI, Mr. Hochheiser volunteers with the Fairmount Temple (Board Member and past Brotherhood President) and the Montifiore-Fairmount Temple Mitzvah Corp.

Mr. Hochheiser can be reached at (216) 739-5649, via fax at (216) 739-5680 or via e-mail at ahochheiser@weltman.com.

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About ARMDI
Now known as American Friends of Magen David Adom (MDA) with its national headquarters in New York City, MDA is celebrating its 68th year of supporting the vital work of MDA in Israel.  The MDA and its team of trained volunteer and professional medical responders depend on AFMDA support to provide the entire nation’s pre-hospital emergency needs, including medical, disaster, ambulance and blood services.