Blair G. Brown

Partner

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

202.778.1829
202.822.8106 fax

From defending the former president of the Salt Lake City Olympic Committee to obtaining damage awards for clients in commercial litigation, Blair G. Brown has tried numerous cases to final verdict. He has represented individuals, partnerships and corporations in a wide array of civil and criminal litigation matters, including white collar criminal investigations and prosecutions; tort actions alleging legal malpractice, wrongful death, civil rights violations, fraud, and misappropriation of trade secrets; the defense of physicians and attorneys in professional disciplinary proceedings; and complex commercial arbitration and litigation.

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.

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 lecturer on criminal and civil practice topics for continuing legal education programs and has testified before the Council of the District of Columbia on constitutional and criminal law issues.

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 Member, Southern Public Defender Training Center
Member, 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