| Otto G. Obermaier | |
| Office1: | United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York |
| President1: | George H. W. Bush |
| Term Start1: | October 16, 1989 |
| Term End1: | June 1993 |
| Successor1: | Mary Jo White |
| Birth Date: | April 16, 1936 |
| Birth Place: | New York City |
| Education: | Manhattan College (AB) Georgetown University (LLB) |
Otto George Obermaier (born April 16, 1936) was the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from September 1989 until February 1993.[1] He was appointed to this position by George H. W. Bush.
Obermaier was raised in Manhattan. He graduated from Xavier High School and then received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Manhattan College.[2] After this Obermaier became an examiner for the United States Patent Office and studied law at the Georgetown University Law Center. He later served as a law clerk to Judge Richard H. Levet.
During the 1960s Obermaier was an assistant U.S. attorney under Robert M. Morgenthau. Among the cases Obermaier prosecuted was that of Johnny Dioguardi a member of the Lucchese criminal family. In 1970 he entered private practice as a defense attorney, primarily in white collar cases.
Obermaier served for a time as a chief trial counsel for the Securities and Exchange Commission. He was also an associate counsel to the Knapp Commission.[3]
In 2006, he established a law firm with John S. Martin Jr., also a former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.[4]