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Veksler Maksis Yefimovich (1897)

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SurnameVeksler
NameMaksis
PatronymYefimovich
Birth year1897
Birth month6
Birth day30
Birth placeGrīva
SexM

Veksler (Weksler) Maksis Yefimovich (30 June 1897, Grīva, Courland) — lawyer.

From 1912 to 1914, Maksis Veksler worked as an apprentice at the Kroders sawmill in Mitau (now Jelgava). Between 1915 and 1919, he studied at a secondary school. From 1920 to 1925, he was employed at the Eureka Credit and Savings Cooperative in Riga. Between 1925 and 1930, he studied at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Latvia.

From 1930 to 1932, he worked in the office of the advocate Libenzon in Riga. From 1932 to 1938, he served as secretary and legal officer at the Credit Protection Society under the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Riga. In 1941, he graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia.

Between 1941 and 1942, Maksis Veksler worked as a notary at Falenki Station in the Kirov Region. In 1942–43, he was an advocate with the Samarkand Bar Association. From 1943 to 1945, he served in the Labour Army. In 1945, he practised as an advocate in Fergana. Between 1946 and 1947, he worked as a legal adviser at the Mostormestprom Trust in Moscow.

Since 1946, he had been a member of the Metal Products Trade Union in Moscow. From 1947 to 1948, he served as legal adviser for the commercial department of the Glavkinomekhprom under the Ministry of Cinematography in Moscow. In 1948, he was appointed legal administrator at the Mosgormestprom Trust.

In the same year, he was admitted to the Bar Association of the Latvian SSR, with an assignment to the legal advisory office in Liepāja. However, due to personal and financial circumstances, he was unable to relocate to Latvia within the required time frame and was consequently removed from the Bar Association before taking up the post.