About Us

Kirsten began his tenure in the world of Finance and Real Estate on Wall St at the age of 22. He would become the youngest licensed Series 7 & 63 Investment Banker in his firm. At 24, Kirsten recognized a tremendous opportunity in the market based on where interest rates were. The trend motivated him to co-found a mortgage bank in Chicago. First Capital Mortgage transformed into a Lending Tree, top-100 mortgage bank, with over 40+ branches and over 450 employees throughout the country within 5 years. This success enabled him to grow as a mortgage expert and understand the many facets of the business. Kirsten continues to use his domain expertise to get “tough deals” done, holding mortgage licenses in FL and IL. 

McCormick & O’Brien, LLP, Co-Founder Charles F. McCormick has gained national and international recognition for his expertise representing members of the investor and entrepreneurial communities building great companies. Since its founding in 2004, McCormick & O’Brien, LLP has been a key partner to some of the leading investors and entrepreneurs in the media, technology, life sciences, internet and mobile industries. Charles has played in important role in the recent ascendancy of the NYC area as a premiere venue for capital formation and entrepreneurship, and he has helped numerous international emerging companies enter the U.S. market and establish themselves in the U.S. Charles is the publisher of the Founder Accord, which is a basic deal sheet among founders that sets a new entrepreneurial industry standard for protecting founders while they develop their ideas and grow their businesses. Charles is a 1995 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, and was graduated summa cum laude from Fordham College, in 1991, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.