Briesen & Knauth
Briesen & Knauth was an American law firm in New York City that existed under that name from 1888 to 1915.
At the turn of the 20th century, the firm was one of the leading patent law firms in the USA . Her clients included Albert Einstein , Maria Montessori , Hoffmann-La Roche , Bankhaus Knauth, Nachod & Kühne and IG Farben . Her law firm partners were admitted to the bar in various federal courts and the US Supreme Court .
history
The law firm was founded in 1881 by Arthur von Briesen as Briesen & Betts and continues to this day, changing its name several times.
The firm was decisively shaped by Arthur von Briesen (1843–1920). The lawyer of German origin has worked with various partners over the years. From 1881 to 1882 he started with Samuel R. Betts under the name Briesen & Betts . He then went on to form Steele & Briesen with Sanford H. Steele . From 1886 to 1888 he formed the law firm Briesen, Steele & Knauth with Antonio Knauth (1855–1915) . After Steele left, the firm was called Briesen & Knauth from 1888 to 1915 . In 1906, von Briesen's sons Hans von Briesen (1876–1940) and Fritz von Briesen (1874–1941) joined as partners. The firm was located in the Broad Exchange Building at 25 Broad Street .
After the death of Antonio Knauth in 1915, the firm was called Briesen & Schrenk, corresponding to the new partner Otto von Schrenk (1874–1932) . In 1937 Karl Pohl (1895–1947) became a partner and in 1946 the firm changed its name to Klein, Alexander & Pohl . Other partners were Fred A. Klein and Louis Alexander . Under the partner Clifton Cooper (1895–1953) the firm was called Klein, Alexander & Cooper , later then with Francis J. Sullivan , Horst von Maltitz (1905–1986) and Walter Julius Derenberg (1903–1975) Alexander, Maltitz, Derenberg & Sullivan and with Louis Kunin (1921-2010) Alexander, Maltitz, Derenberg & Kunin and Von Maltitz, Derenberg, Kunin & Janssen with partner Werner Janssen, Jr. (1924-2012). Most recently the law firm was called Von Maltitz, Derenberg, Kunin, Janssen & Giordano under Vito T. Giordano (1928–2020). Today the law firm specializes in intellectual property , trademark law , competition law and copyright law .
literature
- Carl Schlegel: Schlegel's American Families of German Ancestry . The American Historical Society, New York 1918, p. 6 ff.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gerald Lee Gutek: The Montessori Method . Rowman & Littlefield Publishing, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-7425-1911-2 , p. 27.