Deirdre O’Brien

Deirdre O’Brien is the founder of O’Brien & Associates, a U.S. business immigration law firm with offices in Kilkenny, Ireland and New York City. The firm offers personal service to a broad range of domestic and international clients in fields such as technology, telecommunications, publishing, new media, agri-business and pharmaceuticals, as well as artists and people of extraordinary ability or achievement in the arts and motion picture industry.

After graduating from Trinity College Dublin, Deirdre worked as a solicitor in Ireland and London before moving to New York, where she founded O’Brien & Associates in 1997. The firm opened an office in Kilkenny in 2004 to better serve an increasing number of top Irish companies availing of its services.

Deirdre has been featured in the New York Law Journal, the Irish Law Society Gazette, the Irish Times and the Irish Independent, and regularly appears in print media, television and radio, providing commentary on the topic of U.S. immigration. She acted as consultant for the critically acclaimed book, The Girl’s Guide to Starting Your Own Business (Harper Collins, 2003).

Organizations of which Deirdre is a member include:
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Irish American Bar Association of New York
New York Bar Association
Irish Exporters Association
Irish Law Society
TCD Alumni Association
IT@Cork.