Law Practice
Sep. 11, 2026
Real estate lawyer recalls race to keep Sidley running after 9/11 attacks
Alan S. Weil recalls how his real estate connections helped Sidley quickly secure emergency Manhattan office space after the Sept. 11 attacks destroyed the newly merged firm's World Trade Center offices.
Alan S. Weil now goes to work on the 60th floor of 1 World Trade Center -- in the rebuilt complex where, 25 years ago this week, his former law firm's New York offices were destroyed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Weil, now a partner and head of real estate at AI-native Norm Law LLP, was head of Sidley & Austin's New York real estate practice on Sept. 11, 2001. Sidley had merged with New York securities firm Brown & Wood four months earlier and was preparing to...
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