William E. O'Brien, Esq.

Mr. O'Brien received his German law training from the Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, where he graduated with the German equivalent of a J.D. in 1986. in 1988, he received his J.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Mr. O’Brien was a research fellow at the MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN AND INTERNATIONAL PATENT, COPYRIGHT AND COMPETITION LAW in Munich, Germany where he completed his masters thesis in trademark law. Mr. O'Brien completed his master’s thesis and received his Magister Legum in German Law from the Ludwig-Maximilians Universität in 1992. Mr. O'Brien specializes in international and domestic business and intellectual property law. His primary focus is to assist foreign corporations, and in particular German companies, in adapting their businesses to the United States legal environment and to help them in the resolution of any legal issue, which they may encounter while conducting business in the United States. Mr. O’Brien has been a contributing member to several German – American organizations and supports German – American causes wherever possible.