Attorneys
Laurent C. Vonderweidt, Esq.
Laurent C. Vonderweidt is licensed as an attorney both in France and in California.
While in France, Mr. Vonderweidt first worked for a law firm specialized in cases before the Court de Cassation, the equivalent of the US Supreme Court. He then went with the law firm of Salans, Hertzfeld & Heilbron, representing major international corporations. At the same time, he was an adjunct professor at the University of Paris-X teaching Banking Law and Contracts. After attending the University of San Diego, Mr. Vonderweidt worked for two major Los Angeles law firms before opening his own law firm in 1995.
Through the years, Mr. Vonderweidt has developed strong ties with the French community in Southern California. Mr. Vonderweidt has been invited to participate to various live shows on American television such as CNN, The Today Show and the NBC news hours as well on the Public National broadcasting radio at the News Hour with Jim Lehrer as well as on the French radio station Europe 1, where he gave several talks to business leaders regarding investing in the United States. Mr. Vonderweidt is also an arbitrator with The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and has presided over several arbitrations.
Our law firm’s emphasis is on representing foreign corporations and individual, especially French corporations coming to the United States. Most of the firm’s clients are from Europe, but the firm also represents clients from Australia, Switzerland, Belgium, Iran, Algeria, Lebanon, Vietnam, Canada, Columbia and Senegal.
Fluent in French and using his French legal education and experience, Mr. Vonderweidt is able to guide clients, either French or American, through the arcane of the French legal system. Having worked in France and maintaining both professional and personal ties there, Mr. Vonderweidt has many resources available in both countries.
Geraldine Tissot-Brown, Esq.
Geraldine Tissot Brown is licensed as an attorney in California.
Originally from the south-west of France, Mrs. Tissot Brown completed her law school in Bordeaux, and specialized in International and European Law. After completing her Master’s degree in France and Spain, she first joined the Law Offices of Laurent C. Vonderweidt as an intern. She later completed her LLM degree at Loyola Law School, in Los Angeles, passed the California Bar and became an associate attorney in our firm.
Through the years, working for the Law Offices of Laurent C. Vonderweidt she has acquired advanced knowledge in business immigration, and has developed strong ties with the French community in Southern California. She helped organized events with the French Chamber of Commerce and the Los Angeles Clippers (NBA team) to promote French heritage.
Additionally, Mrs. Tissot Brown gave several talks about business immigration in France and in the U.S, including a conference for the MEDEF Gironde, to inform foreign entrepreneurs willing to expand their activities in the United States. She also wrote several publications on legal topics for the online magazine, French District, dedicated to the French community in the United States.