ZUCKERMAN SPAEDER NAMED TOP FIVE LITIGATION BOUTIQUE BY THE AMERICAN LAWYER

Blair G. Brown concentrates his practice in civil and criminal litigation and has tried numerous cases to final verdict. He has represented individual and corporate clients in a wide array of litigation matters, including white collar criminal investigations and prosecutions; tort actions, including legal and medical malpractice, wrongful death, civil rights, fraud, and trade secret cases; the defense of physicians and attorneys in professional disciplinary proceedings; and complex commercial arbitration and litigation. Mr. Brown has participated in noteworthy cases, including:

• representation of the former president of the Salt Lake City Olympic Committee in connection with an indictment arising out of the competition for the 2002 Winter Games
• representation of exonerated clients in civil actions to recover for wrongful convictions
• representation of a broadband wireless communications developer in a "bet the company" civil action alleging theft of trade secrets

Before joining Zuckerman Spaeder, Mr. Brown was a staff attorney of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia and became Deputy Chief of the Trial Division. He also served as pro se law clerk to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and as law clerk to Second Circuit Judge Leonard P. Moore.

Mr. Brown has served as a faculty member of the Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy Program and the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, lectured on criminal and civil practice topics in continuing legal education programs, and appeared as a commentator on constitutional and criminal law issues on television programs and before the Council of the District of Columbia. He has published articles on grand jury investigations, federal sentencing law, and federal procurement fraud prosecutions. Active in the Bar, Mr. Brown served as Chairman of the Criminal Law and Individual Rights Section of the District of Columbia Bar (1990-1992) and on committees of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Innocence Project of the National Capital Region.
OFFICES
Washington, DC
INDUSTRIES
Health Care
Law Firms and Lawyers
MEMBERSHIPS
Board of Directors, Innocence Project of the National Capital Region
ADMISSIONS
District of Columbia
Maryland
New York
U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia
U.S. Supreme Court
Virginia
PRACTICES
Commercial Litigation
Complex Civil Litigation
Professional Responsibility and Ethics
White Collar Criminal Litigation