Background
BRAUN, West was born on June 25, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
BRAUN, West was born on June 25, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
University of Illinois (Bachelor of Arts, with distinction, 1972). University of Notre Dame (Juris Doctor, 1975). Notre Dame London Centre for Legal Studies (1973-1974).
University of Munich (1978-1979).
Working as a partner of GARDNER, CARTON & DOUGLAS. Admitted to the bar, 1975, Illinois. 1985, District of Columbia.
The Swiss Base Company: Tax Avoidance Device for Multinationals," 50 Notre Dame Lawyer 645, 1975. Co-author: "German Merger Control: A European Approach to Anticompetitive Takeovers," 1 Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business 371, 1979, with Doctor Rolf Belke. "Neue Entwicklungen in der amerikanischen Wettbewerbspolitik," 1982 WuW 180.
"Antitrust Control Over ‘Pure’ Export Cartels: The New German Approach," 27 Antitrust Bull. 957, 1982. Co-author: "Working With the New Definition of Income Tax Resident," 11 Inc. Tax Journal 109, 1985 with Edgar F. Heizer III.
"Policy and Methods in German and American Antitrust Law: A Comparative Study," (book review) 10 Fordham Int’l. L.J. 359, 1987. Trial Attorney, Midwest Field Office, Antitrust Division, United States. Department of Justice, 1975-1978.
Attorney, Office of Policy Planning, Antitrust Division, United States. Department of Justice, 1979-1981. Trial Attorney, Foreign Commerce Section, Antitrust Division, United States.
Department of Justice, 1981-1984. Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright and Competition Law, Munich, West Germany, 1978-1979.
Chicago and American Bar Associations. Antitrust, Corporate and International Law.