Blair G. Brown

Partner

1800 M STREET, NW
SUITE 1000
WASHINGTON, DC
20036-5807

202.778.1829
202.822.8106 fax

An experienced litigator and Fellow of the American College of Trial ‎Lawyers, Blair G. Brown has tried numerous cases to final verdict in ‎courts throughout the United States. From defending the former ‎president of the Salt Lake City Olympic Committee against criminal ‎charges to obtaining damage awards for clients in commercial litigation, ‎Mr. Brown has represented individuals, partnerships, and corporations in ‎a wide array of civil and criminal litigation matters. His white collar ‎criminal defense practice has included defending clients in grand jury ‎investigations and trials involving tax, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, ‎RICO, false representations to government agencies, bribery, antitrust, ‎securities laws, and fraud. His civil practice has included arbitrations and ‎litigation alleging legal malpractice, business torts, civil RICO, fraud, ‎misappropriation of intellectual property, breach of contract, and other ‎claims. He also has represented individuals and entities in partnership ‎disputes and other complex commercial disputes, as well as in ‎professional disciplinary matters against attorneys, physicians, and ‎scientists. ‎

In his pro bono legal work, Mr. Brown has represented inmates on ‎death row, written appellate amicus briefs on significant criminal law ‎issues, and provided legal ethics advice to public defender organizations.‎

Mr. Brown has served as a faculty member of the Harvard Law School ‎Trial Advocacy Program and of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. ‎He is also a regular lecturer on criminal and civil practice topics for ‎continuing legal education programs.‎

Before joining Zuckerman Spaeder in 1988, Mr. Brown tried serious ‎felony cases as an attorney at the Public Defender Service for the ‎District of Columbia. He also served as pro se law clerk to the U.S. ‎Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and as law clerk to Senior ‎Circuit Judge Leonard P. Moore. ‎

Experience

Represented a major national law firm in a federal grand jury investigation and the subsequent indictment in a case that was ultimately settled.
Defended the former president of the Salt Lake City Olympic Committee against federal fraud and bribery charges arising out of the competition for the 2002 Winter Games.
Represented a law firm in a dispute with another firm over a $16 million contingency fee.

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EDUCATION

New York University School of Law, J.D., 1981, Root-Tilden Scholar
Tulane University, B.A., 1978, magna cum laude

COURT ADMISSIONS

U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia
U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Virginia

BAR ADMISSIONS

District of Columbia
Maryland
New York
Virginia

MEMBERSHIPS

Board of Directors, Southern Public Defender Training Center
Board of Directors, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)
Co-Chair, NACDL White Collar Crime Committee
Former Chairman, District of Columbia Bar Criminal Law and Individual Rights Section
Former Chairman, Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project Board of Directors