Network Firms

Visa/Immigration

• Robert Marton - The Law Alliance, Los Angeles
  www.thelawalliance.com/services.php

International Real Estate and Wine Law and Licensing

• Marcela Knaup - Vinoadvising, San Francisco
  www.vinoadvising.com

Tenancy Law, Employment Law, Tax Law

• Eileen Minner - Kanzlei Minner, Berlin, Germany
  www.kanzlei-minner.de
• US Citizenship Requirments
  www.uscitizenshiprequirements.net

Preschools with German program/teachers:

• KiGaLa
  www.Kigala.org
  The child will be exposed to the Spanish or German language and also have the opportunity to enrich their English language skills. The teacher speaks both English and the new language to introduce the child to either Spanish or German.
• Tivoli Rainbow Garden Preschool
  http://tivolirainbowgardenpreschool.blogspot.com/2009_02_01_archive.html
  

Schools with German language program:

• Goethe International Charter School
  www.GoetheCharterSchool.org

Insurance services:

• http://www.solidhealthinsurance.com/g
  Contact person: Barbara Schmalz

Germany business-related Internet addresses

• German Information Center www.germany-info.org
• Office of the Commissioner for Foreign Investment in Germany
  www.foreign-direct-investment.de
• Press and Information Office of the Federal Government
  www.government.de
  www.bundesregierung.de
• Federal Ministry of Economics www.bmwi.de
• Federal Statistical Office www.statistik-bund.de
• Bundesbank www.bundesbank.de
• Federal Office of Foreign Trade Information (BfAI) www.bfai.com
• Industrial Investment Council (IIC) www.iic.de
• Chambers of Industry and Commerce (IHK) www.ihk.de
• Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK)
  www.dihk.de
• Federation of German Industries (BDI) www.bdi-online.de
• German Institute for Business Research (DIW) www.diw.de
• Institute of World Economics Kiel (IfW) www.uni-kiel.de
• German Trade Associations www.lobbyist.de

U.S. business-related Internet addresses

• California Secretary of State www.sos.ca.gov/business
• United States Patent and Trademark Office www.uspto.gov
• Los Angeles County Bar Association www.lacba.org
• California Trade and Commerce Agency www.commerce.ca.gov
• US State Department www.state.gov
• The International Trade Administration www.ita.doc.gov
• The White House www.whitehouse.gov
• US Senate www.senate.gov
• Federal Statistics www.fedstats.gov

International business-related Internet addresses:

• OECD www.oecd.org
• WTO www.wto.org
• World Economic Forum, Geneva (WEF) www.weforum.org
• Statistical Office of the European Union www.europa.eu.int/eurostat.html

Miscellaneous

• Deutsches Generalkonsulat, Los Angeles
  www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/03__Consulates/
  Los__Angeles/00/__Home.html
• American Chamber of Commerce, Frankfurt http://www.amcham.de
• German American Chambers of Commerce www.ahk-usa.com
• German American Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco http://usa.sanfrancisco.ahk.de/en.html