Background
O'Brien, Francis Joseph was born on March 25, 1926 in Brooklyn. Son of Francis Casimir and Marjorie (MacKell) O'Brien.
O'Brien, Francis Joseph was born on March 25, 1926 in Brooklyn. Son of Francis Casimir and Marjorie (MacKell) O'Brien.
Bachelor of Science, Holy Cross College, 1947. Bachelor of Laws, Fordham University, 1950.
Bar: New York 1950, United States District Court (central, southern and eastern districts) New York 1950, United States Court 2nd District Court of Appea circuit) 1951, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1960. Partner Hill Rivkins, Carey, Loesberg, O'Brien & Mulroy, New York City, since 1972. Lecturer admiralty Tulane University, Practising Law Institute, American Bar Association.
Chairman.U.S. delegate Comité Maritime International to Rio de Janeiro Charter Party (Laytime) Definitions.
Member of American Bar Association (international section delegate People's Republic of China 1978, lecturer), Associate editor American Maritime Cases, Maritime Law Association (secretary, 1st and Second vice president, chairman maritime arbitration. president since 1986), Association Average Adjusters, Rio de Janeiro Charter Party (Laytime) Definitions (chairman United States delegate), Comite Maritime International.
Married Ellin Carley Amorosi, February 4, 1956. Children: Francis, Paul, Matthew, Christopher.