Otto Charles Sommerich

Otto Charles Sommerich also in the spelling variant Otto C. Sommerich (born December 31, 1877 in New York City , New York , † January 10, 1968 there ) was an American lawyer .

Life

Family and education

Otto Charles Sommerich, son of Joseph Sommerich and his Wife Clara-born Frank, 1896 acquired the academic degree of Bachelor of Arts at City College of New York. He then studied law at Columbia University , graduating with a Master of Arts in 1898 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1899 , and in the same year he was admitted to the bar in New York.

Otto Charles Sommerich married Edith Wise on March 12, 1908. From this marriage came the daughters Ann and Jane. He died in New York City in January 1968 just after he turned 90.

Professional background

Otto Charles Sommerich practiced as a lawyer in New York City after graduating, and in 1904 he joined the law firm Katz & Sommerich. Sommerich was elected a member of the American Bar Association , the New York City Bar Association, the American Foreign Law Association, and the International Law Association . He has been named Honorary President of the American Foreign Law Association and Honorary Vice President of the American Branch of the International Law Association. He stood out in particular through treatises relating to the field of international law .

Fonts

• A brief against confiscation. Durham, NC, 1945
• Conflict of laws with regard to foreign decedent estates. Third International Conference of the legal profession, International Bar Association, London, July, 1950. M. Nijhoff, The Hague, 1950
• Foreign Exchange Laws as Defense to Actions Brought in the United States. in: American Association for the Comparative Study of Law, American Society of Comparative Law: The American Journal of Comparative Law, Volume 1, Number 4, American Association for the Comparative Study of Law, Baltimore, Md., 1952, pp. 401– 403
• Governments as defendants. A synopsis of an article. Consejo general de los ilustres colegios de abogados de España, Madrid, 1952
• Treatment by United States of World War I and II Enemy-Owned Patents and Copyrights. in: American Association for the Comparative Study of Law, American Society of Comparative Law: The American Journal of Comparative Law, Volume 4, Number 4, American Association for the Comparative Study of Law, Baltimore, Md., 1955, pp. 587– 600.
• Italy: Foreign Expropriation and Public Order. in: American Association for the Comparative Study of Law, American Society of Comparative Law: The American Journal of Comparative Law, Volume 5, Number 4, American Association for the Comparative Study of Law, Baltimore, Md., 1956, pp. 641– 642.
• together with Benjamin Busch: Foreign law: a guide to pleading and proof. Published by Oceana Publications for Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law, Columbia University, New York, 1959
• By-laws of the American Foreign Law Association, Inc. The Association, New York, NY, 1959
• together with Benjamin Busch: The German First Heir: Owner or Life Tenant ?. in: American Association for the Comparative Study of Law, American Society of Comparative Law: The American Journal of Comparative Law, Volume 11, Number 1, American Association for the Comparative Study of Law, Baltimore, Md., 1962, p. 92– 95.

literature

• Who's who in Finance and Industry. Marquis Who's Who, Chicago, Ill., 1963, p. 1165.
• Who's Who in America: a biographical dictionary of notable living men and women. : volume 33 (1964-1965), Marquis Who's Who, Chicago, Ill., 1964, p. 1886.
• American Society of International Law, American Society of International Law. Meeting: Proceedings of the American Society of International Law at Its Annual Meeting. American Society of International Law., Washington, DC, 1968, p. 255.
• Who was who in America: A Companion Biographical Reference Work to Who's who in America. , Marquis Who's Who, Chicago, Ill., 1968, p. 1066.

Web links

• Otto Charles Sommerich on the Prabook.org website