Otto G. Obermaier
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Otto Obermaier was the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from September 1989 until February 1993. He was appointed to this position by George H. W. Bush
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Obermaier was raised in Manhattan. He graduated from Xavier High School and then received a bachelors degree in electrical engineering from Manhattan College
. After this Obermaier became an examiner for the United States Patent Office and studied law at the Georgetown University Law Center
. He later served as a law clerk to Judge Richard H. Levet.
During the 1960s Obermaier was an assistant district attorney under Robert M. Morgenthau
. Among the cases Obermaier prosecuted was that of Johnny Dioguardi a member of the Lucchese criminal family. In 1970 he entered private practice as a defense attorney, primarily in white collar cases.
Obermaier served for a time as a chief trial counsel for the Securities and Exchange Commission. He was also an associate counsel to the Knapp Commission
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George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...
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Obermaier was raised in Manhattan. He graduated from Xavier High School and then received a bachelors degree in electrical engineering from Manhattan College
Manhattan College
Manhattan College is a Roman Catholic liberal arts college in the Lasallian tradition in New York City, United States. Despite the college's name, it is no longer located in Manhattan but in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, roughly 10 miles north of Midtown. Manhattan College offers...
. After this Obermaier became an examiner for the United States Patent Office and studied law at the Georgetown University Law Center
Georgetown University Law Center
Georgetown University Law Center is the law school of Georgetown University, located in Washington, D.C.. Established in 1870, the Law Center offers J.D., LL.M., and S.J.D. degrees in law...
. He later served as a law clerk to Judge Richard H. Levet.
During the 1960s Obermaier was an assistant district attorney under Robert M. Morgenthau
Robert M. Morgenthau
Robert Morris Morgenthau is an American lawyer. From 1975 until his retirement in 2009, he was the District Attorney for New York County, the borough of Manhattan.-Early life:...
. Among the cases Obermaier prosecuted was that of Johnny Dioguardi a member of the Lucchese criminal family. In 1970 he entered private practice as a defense attorney, primarily in white collar cases.
Obermaier served for a time as a chief trial counsel for the Securities and Exchange Commission. He was also an associate counsel to the Knapp Commission
Knapp Commission
The Knapp Commission stemmed from a five-member panel initially formed in April 1970 by Mayor John V. Lindsay to investigate corruption within the New York City Police Department...
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Sources
- Martin and Obermaier bio
- New York Times, Sep. 23, 1989.
- New York Times, Jan. 21, 1989.