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Richard R. Brown, born Boston, Massachusetts, August 13, 1945; admitted to bar 1971, Connecticut; 1972, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.A., 1968); University of Connecticut (J.D., 1971). Assistant Attorney General, 1971-1973. Assistant Prosecutor, State of Connecticut, 1973-1975. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Administrative Law; Civil Litigation. Email: rbrown@bpslawyers.com
Mr. Brown has handled numerous felony cases, including several murder cases. Additionally, he focuses on white collar, federal criminal cases. Mr. Brown has represented individuals, both in and out of governmental service during numerous federal and state grand jury probes. Mr. Brown has been qualified by several courts as an expert witness in litigation involving criminal law. On the administrative law side, he has represented numerous lawyers, educators, doctors and other health care professionals before many federal and state administrative agencies, particularly in connection with attempts to suspend or revoke professional licenses.
In addition Mr. Brown has been designated by his peers to be part of the "Top 50 Connecticut Super Lawyers" in Connecticut Super Lawyers Magazine, Criminal Law, 2006-2008, 2017, selected to "Connecticut Super Lawyers" in Connecticut Super Lawyers Magazine, 2006 – 2020, as well as a "Best Lawyer In America" by Best Lawyers, Criminal Law 2009-2019. Most recently, Mr. Brown published a guest commentary entitled Dealing with Disciplinary Hearings Before Connecticut's Department of Public Health in the February 2014 issue of Connecticut Medicine, the Journal for the Connecticut State Medical Society.
Connecticut, 1971
U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1972
U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1972
U.S. Federal Courts, 1972
U.S. Supreme Court, 1991
Connecticut Bar Association, 1976 - Present (Member, Section of Criminal Justice)
Connecticut Criminal Lawyers Association, 1987 - Present (Member)
Connecticut Bar Association, 1984 - Present (Bar Media Chairman)
American College of Trial Lawyers, 1990 - Present (Member)
Connecticut Bar Admissions Committee (Member)
Hartford County Bar Association
Rotary, 1979 - Present (Member)
U.S. Army, USAR, 1971 - 1984 (Captain)
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1968 B.A.Major: Political Science
University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, Connecticut, 1971 J.D.