James M. Brown

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James M. Brown (born December 9, 1941 in Saint Paul , Minnesota ) is an American lawyer and politician .

Career

James M. Brown's childhood was overshadowed by World War II . Nothing is known about his youth. He attended American University in Washington, DC Then he went to Willamette University in Salem ( Oregon ), where he graduated in 1964 with a Bachelor of Arts ( magna cum laude ). He then decided to pursue a legal career. For this he went to the Law School of Yale University , where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws in 1967 . He was admitted to the Oregon bar in 1967. He was subsequently admitted to the United States Supreme Court (1979), the United States District Court for the District of Oregon (1980) and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1982). Brown served as a law clerk at the Oregon Supreme Court in 1967 and 1970 . From 1970 to 1972 he was Deputy District Attorney and from 1972 to 1977 District Attorney in Benton County (Oregon). He then worked from 1977 to 1979 as a legal counsel to Governor of Oregon Robert W. Straub . Brown was Assistant Attorney General from 1979 to 1980 and Attorney General of Oregon from 1980 to 1981 . From 1996 to 1997 and 2000 he sat on the Local Professional Responsibility Committee and from 2000 to 2003 on the Board of Governors. Brown was President of the Board of Directors at the Willamette Valley American Inn of Court from 2002 to 2003 and a member of the Public Defense Services Commission from 2001 to 2006 . His field of activity includes criminal law and appeals, commercial law, labor law, competition law, litigation, administrative law, public law, arbitration and mediation.

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personal data
SURNAME Brown, James M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint Paul , Minnesota