Background
O'Brien, John R. was born on October 10, 1943 in Omaha, NE.
O'Brien, John R. was born on October 10, 1943 in Omaha, NE.
Regis College and Creighton University (Bachelor of Arts, 1965). Hastings College of Law, University of California (Juris Doctor, 1968).
Worked at O'Brien Watters & Davis, LLP (Santa Rosa, California) specializing in General Civil, Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Business, Corporation, Real Estate, Taxation, Estate Planning and Probate, Employment Law, Banking, Business Litigation, Construction Law, Personal Injury, Insurance Defense and Coverage, Professional Liability, Administrative Law and Professional Licensing. Alcohol Beverage Law and Representation of the Wine Industry, Bankruptcy Law, Reorganization, Creditors Rights, Family Law, Environmental, Securities Litigation, Sexual Harassment.
Admitted to the bar, 1969, California, United States. District Court, Northern District of California, United States. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit and United States.
Court of Military Appeals. Member: Order of the Coif. Thurston Society. Member, Hastings Law Journal, 1967-1968.
Author, Note, Hastings Law Journal. Arbitrator Sonoma County Superior Court, 1979. Member: Sonoma County and American (Member, Sections on: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law.
Business Law; Economics of Law Practice. Taxation) Bar Associations. State Bar of California (Member, Sections of: Real Property.
Business; Estate Planning. Trust and Probate; Law Practice Management). Military: Captain United States.
Army, Judge Advocate General's Corps, 1969-1973. The firm is proud of its record of public service not only to our country but to this state and our local community as well. In addition to the firm's long, distinguished record of community service, two of the firm's former senior partners left to become Superior Court Judges in Sonoma County, the Honorable Laurence K. Sawyer, in April 3, 1985, and the Honorable Elaine Malisch Watters, in January 24, 1992.
Member: Order of the Coif. Thurston Society. Member, Hastings Law Journal, 1967-1968. Author, Note, Hastings Law Journal.
Arbitrator Sonoma County Superior Court, 1979. Member: Sonoma County and American (Member, Sections on: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law. Business Law; Economics of Law Practice.
Taxation) Bar Associations. State Bar of California (Member, Sections of: Real Property. Business; Estate Planning.
Trust and Probate; Law Practice Management). Military: Captain United States. Army, Judge Advocate General's Corps, 1969-1973.