Alan Weintraub – beloved husband, father, & grandfather and prominent attorney in Bloomington for 50 years – passed away on May 22, 2025, surrounded by loving family and leaving behind a legacy of contributions and love.
Alan was born in Chicago and was an all-star baseball player as a child. He received his BA from University of Illinois (1968) and was awarded his JD from University of Illinois Law School (1972). He was subsequently admitted to the Illinois Bar and the US Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. He was a proud member of the McLean County, Illinois State, and American Bar Associations.
Alan was considered a landmark attorney in McLean and surrounding counties in Family Law. In a 1997 survey conducted by Business-to-Business Magazine, he was selected by his peers as one of the top three “Legal Aces” and appeared on the Magazine’s cover. He was later featured in two additional statewide legal publications.
From 2003 until his retirement in 2018, Alan was named among the top lawyers practicing Family Law in Illinois by Leading Lawyers Network through a statewide poll of attorneys. In Jan. 2012, he was named an Illinois Super Lawyer. In 1986, at the age of 39, Alan was awarded a Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review (attorneys and judges) rating of AV (Preeminent, Distinguished & Notable) which he retained thereafter for the remainder of his career.
Drawing on his vast experience, Alan served as Associate Professor of Family Law at ISU for twenty years (1978-1998). He was also an instructor and speaker for the Illinois and McLean County Bar Associations. His name is associated with numerous published Appellate Court decisions. Together with attorney Don Hammer, he founded the McClean County Family Law Bar, which met for dinner, discussion, and presentations on Family Law issues and an annual meeting with the Family Law judiciary.
Alan met his beloved wife Naomi at the University of Illinois as undergraduates in Spring 1967. By Fall 1967, they were pinned and then married on Aug. 17, 1969. They celebrated each year on March 4, the anniversary of their first date from which they measured their inseparable bond. In 1979-1980, they built their dream family home, where they lived for 45 years of their 55-year marriage.
Most of all, Alan was proud of his two daughters, Rebecca, a math specialist and coordinator of the Math Department at the prestigious Ethical Culture School in New York City, and Rabbi Melissa, founder of two nationally recognized organizations (Encounter Programs & Resetting the Table). And his love ran deep for his two grandsons, Lev and Ariel.
Following retirement after 46 years, Al was gifted a set of golf clubs created by two close friends, who encouraged him to take up golf. What started as a group of four friends blossomed.
into Wednesday Plus Golf, a fixture at Ironwood CC and growing, at Alan’s last count, into 57 regulars and 23 alternates.
Alan found joy in family, friends, books, Cubs games, and traveling – from trips to Tuscany and Portugal with Naomi and close friends to hiking in California with his grandsons to seeing Broadway shows with his daughter Becky. For many years, he was an active volunteer in his synagogue, Moses Montefiore Temple.
He is survived by his wife (Naomi), his daughters and son-in-law (Rebecca, Melissa, Eyal), his cherished grandchildren (Lev, Ariel), and his brother and siblings-in-law (Marvin, Karen, Sharon, David). He was predeceased by his parents (Harry, Belle).
Alan will be remembered for his wit, dedication, devotion to his family, and incredible generosity. He will be deeply missed.
A funeral will be held on Monday, May 26 at 1pm at Carmody-Flynn Funeral Home, 1800 Eastland Dr., Bloomington. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in Alan’s memory to Moses Montefiore Temple or to Family House in Peoria, a non-profit that provides home-like accommodations for families with loved ones receiving care at Peoria-area hospitals.
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