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The Honorable James J. Brown, author of Will The Laughter Stop? BABYBOOMERCHRONICLES, has presided over administrative law hearings since June of 1995. For many years, Brown served as Trial Attorney and later as Deputy Chief of the Judgment Enforcement Unit of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Civil Division. He also litigated in the Asset Forfeiture Office of the Criminal Division, and the Environmental and Natural Resources Division of the DOJ, where he was recognized as a specialist in tracing and collecting assets and enforcing judgment.
Judge Brown is the recipient of several distinguished service and performance awards for his services to the DOJ and to other federal agencies. Judge Brown also spent many years in private practice with Saul, Ewing, Weinberg & Green of Baltimore, Maryland, and with Levy, Winer P.C. of Greenfield, Massachusetts. He received his J.D. from Boston College Law School and his B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.
A best-selling author/editor and frequent contributor of articles and reviews to leading law reviews, Brown has gained national recognition as an expert on the subjects of enforcing judgments, tracing assets, federal forfeiture, and administrative law; he has lectured on these topics throughout the United States. Additionally, Brown has extensive experience in both trying cases and sitting on the bench in dealing with scientific, technical, medical, psychiatric, and psychological experts, including issues dealing with their depositions, examinations, and cross-examinations in trial. He also has developed extensive experience on ruling, analyzing, and deciding these issues in presiding over the trial and administrative hearing process.
Based on Judge Brown's extensive judicial experience and professional qualifications, the Chief Judge in Washington, DC, has chosen Judge Brown to serve from November 7, 2005 until March 3, 2006, as an Administrative Review Judge to review, evaluate and critique other Judges procedures, hearings and trials. Hon. Brown also has experience and training in using televised video hearings from remote court sites and handling electronic folders and electronic courtroom documents. Brown is a Honorary Member of the California Association of Judgment Professionals. His professional achievements have earned him a place in the Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who in America, Strathmore's Who's Who, and Madison's Who's Who. He is a member of numerous professional organizations, including the American Bar Association, the ABA National Conference of Administrative Law Judges, the North Carolina Writer's Network, and the Association of Administrative Law Judges, and is involved in community affairs, including the Board of Directors of the Simms Branch/Anson Grove Homeowners Association, Raleigh, NC. In 2006, Judge Brown was honored to be selected as a member of the prestigious The Barrister, Braxton Craven Inn of Court at Duke University School of Law, a professional organization which serves the bench and bar of North Carolina. His hobbies include golf, skiing and writing poetry.
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