Otto Obermaier, member of the New York and District of Columbia Bars for 46 years, has litigated complex matters in many of the nation's trial courts. He has tried the longest civil case in the history of the Federal District Court in San Francisco and the longest criminal case in the history of the Federal Court in Brooklyn.

He served as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York by appointment of President George H. W. Bush from 1989 until February, 1993. He practiced at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP until October 31, 2006 when he formed Martin & Obermaier, LLC with
John S. Martin, Jr., his friend for more than half a century.

He has written and lectured extensively. His 102 articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Barrons, as well as numerous legal publications such as The New York Law Journal, National Law Journal and The Legal Times of Washington. He is a co-author of White Collar Crime: Business and Regulatory Offenses, originally published in 1990 and updated twice annually since then. He has appeared as a lecturer at 59 continuing legal education seminars.

His other government services include serving as Chief Trial Counsel, New York Regional Office, US Securities and Exchange Commission; an Assistant US Attorney for the Southern District of New York; law clerk to a Federal District judge, and Assistant Patent Examiner in the United States Patent Office.

He has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America each year since the publication’s inaugural in 1983.
He is also listed in Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2004; The Client’s Guide Who’s Who in America, 46th and 47th editions; Who’s Who in American Law, 1987 – 1993; Who’s Who Legal: The International
Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, 1998 – 2005; and Best Lawyers in New York, New York Magazine, March 20, 1995
and August 2005.

He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a member of the American Law Institute, the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

To contact Mr. Obermaier, please email him at ogo@martinobermaierlaw.com