Gerard William O'Brien

Gerard W. O'Brien, or Jerry
O'Brien as he is more commonly known, is a California
licensed attorney who began practice in June, 1991.

Jerry earned a Bachelor's
Degree in History at Brooklyn College in 1979. During
his education he had the privilege of studying with Professor Edwin
Burrows,
Pulitzer Prize winning author of “GOTHAM.”

After graduating from Brooklyn College Jerry went
into the culinary arts field,
cooking professionally in New York City, Paris France, and Orange
County,
California.

In 1980 Jerry participated in the New York Restaurant
School's
Culinary Arts Program. Two days after finishing the program, Jerry went
to
France to work as Chef of the MacAdam Restaurant in Paris, where he spent all of 1981.  Returning to
the USA, Jerry cooked in both New York City and Orange County
California.

Jerry created
the Parties by Panache Web Site, which gets about 16,000 visits
per month and published "The Panache Experience", which until the
end of
2007; the Panache Experience ran for 37 issues.

Jerry has written two novels, “The Sweet Water”, and
“A Field Guide to
the Angels in Brooklyn”.  He is currently seeking publication of “A

Field Guide to the Angels in Brooklyn” . Jerry published the
critically
acclaimed “O'Brien's Literary Speculator”.

 Jerry completed a
certificate program in fiction writing at Cal State Fullerton. Mr.
O'Brien has
over twenty five interviews, articles, and reviews published on
www.Jazzreview.com.

Pertaining to the practice of law:
In 1987 Jerry began Law School at Western State University, College of
Law from
which he graduated in the top quarter of his class in 1990. Jerry won an
AmJur
award for Bankruptcy and placed first in his class in Community
Property. Mr.
O'Brien conducted a solo legal practice in Brea, CA from 1991 to 2000,
at which
point he went in-house at his family's business Parties By Panache, Inc.
While
counsel at Parties by Panache Jerry undertook several projects relating
to
marketing in addition to over seeing contracts, corporate, employment
law
matters.

Member of the California State Bar Association

-
Trust and Estates Section
-
Business Law Section

Member of the Orange County
Bar Association

-
Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section
-
Tax Law
-
Trusts and Estates

Member of Wealth Counsel,
LLC

- Mr. O'Brien teaches a
course on Estate Planning and Wealth Transfer for
Financial Professionals