Speeches & Seminars (1978 - Present)

• Hon. Brown appeared and spoke on a panel as an expert about judgment enforcement problems at the Annual Meeting of the California Association of Judgment Professionals at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Irvine, CA, during the weekend of October 5-7, 2007.
• "Practical Tips for Handling Social Security Cases in Court" presented to the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers at the Marriott Hotel, Winston-Salem, NC, on March 24, 2006.
• "Piercing the Corporate Veil", presented to the California Association of Judgment Professionals at their Annual Conference, September 23-26, 2005, aboard the Royal Caribbean Monarch of the Seas, cruising from Los Angeles, CA to Ensenada, Mexico.
• "The Differences Between Federal and State Court Actions to Enforce Judgments", presented July 31, 2004, to the Annual Meeting of the California Association of Judgment Professionals at the Star Dust Hotel, Las Vegas, NV.
• "The Federal Court System" presented at Wake Christian Academy High School, Raleigh, NC, May 5, 2004.
• Seminar panelist on the topic: "A View From the Bench in Social Security and Medicare Cases" presented to the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers on December 12, 2003, at the Sheraton Resort and Conference Center, Greensboro, NC.
• Master of Ceremonies at the July 2003 Annual Convention of the California Association of Judgment Professionals at the Star Dust Hotel, Las Vegas, NV.
• "Handling Social Security Disability Hearings" to North Carolina Legal Aid Lawyers at the North Carolina Bar Center, Cary, NC.
• "Judgment Enforcement and Tracing Assets" presented to the California Association of Judgment Professionals at Sacramento, CA.
• "Protecting Yourself From Telemarketing, Internet Email, Advance Fee and Other Fraud Schemes" to a group of retired persons at Pinehurst, NC
• "The View from the Bench: Judgment Enforcement Concepts and Proposed Bankruptcy Reform Act", at the Annual Convention of the International Association of Debt Management Professionals, Orlando, Florida.
• "Judgment Enforcement and Tracing Assets", series of seminars at Moscow and Samara, Russia for the Russian Law Academy.
• "Judgment Enforcement Practice", for the Commercial Law League of America at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City, and for the Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys at 101 Club, 101 Park Avenue, New York City, and for the General Counsel's Office, MCI Communications, Inc., Washington, DC.
• "Recent Bankruptcy/Forfeiture Issues", at Pace University, Briar Cliff Manor, New York, for the State of New York Organized Crime Task Force and the New York State District Attorney's Association.
• "Business Seizures and Recent Bankruptcy/Forfeiture Issues", U.S. Customs Service, at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Glynco, GA.
• "Recent Bankruptcy/Forfeiture Issues", U.S. Attorneys Conference Sponsored by the Executive Office of United States Attorneys, at Washington, DC.
• "Recent Developments in Real Property Forfeitures" and "Overview of the Civil Forfeiture Process", The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service Asset
  Forfeiture Training Conference, at Portland, Maine, and at Albuquerque, NM.
• "Property Seizures: The Government's Answer to Organized Crime, Racketeering, Drug Dealing and Money Laundering", The New York State Land Title Association Annual Conference, at Saratoga Springs, New York and the California Land Title Association's Annual Convention, at the Westin La Paloma Resort, Tucson, Arizona.
• "Legal Issues for the U.S. Marshals Service in Real Property and Business Seizures", the United States Marshals Service Seized Asset Division Western Region Conference, at Denver, Colorado, and the United States Marshals Service Seized Asset Division Eastern Regional Conference, at Orlando, Florida.
• "Tracing, Identifying and Pursing Assets for Forfeiture", The Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, at Washington, DC; United States Attorney's Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act Training Conference, at the Omni Netherlands Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio.
• "Property Seizures Under the Drug Forfeiture Statutes", The American Escrow Association at Balleys Hotel, Reno, Nevada and The California Escrow Association at the Wyndham Hotel, Palm Springs, California.
• "Rights of Third Parties in Forfeiture Seizures", The American Bar Association Conference on Forfeitures and Asset Freezes, at the J.W. Marriott Hotel, Washington, DC, and The National Mortgage Bankers Association Annual Conference, at the Marriott Marquis Hotel, Atlanta.
• "Practical Problems in Seizing an Ongoing Business", Advanced Asset Forfeiture Attorneys Training Conference, at Phoenix, Arizona; at Atlanta, Georgia; at New Orleans, Louisiana, and the U.S. Postal Service Advanced Asset Forfeiture Conference, at Houston, Texas, and the U.S. Postal Service Advanced National Forfeiture Training, at San Diego, California.
• "Tracing Assets and Fraudulent Transfers", U.S. Attorney's Conference, at San Francisco, California, and the National Conference of Bankruptcy Trustees, at New Orleans, Louisiana.
• Seminar and Outline: "Preparing and Using Valuation Experts in Contested Hearings in Bankruptcy Matters" and "Federal Registration of Judgments in the Judgment Enforcement Process" at the U.S. Small Business Administration Western Regional Attorney's Conference, in Scottsdale, Arizona.
• Seminar and Outline: "How to Depose An Accountant", Environmental Enforcement Section Meeting at the Attorney General's Advocacy Institute, at Washington, DC.
• Seminar and Outline: "The Organized Litigator" and "Practical Methods of Discovering and Freezing Assets in Insolvency Litigation", United States Attorney's Conference at Miami, Florida.
• Seminar and Outline: "The Organized Litigator", "Litigation Techniques", and "Depositions", The Small Business Administration Western Regional Attorney's Conference, at Santa Fe, New Mexico.
• Seminar and Outline: "Collecting Judgments, The Federal Priority Statute, and Bankruptcy Issues", Environmental Enforcement Conference, for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice, at Washington, D.C.
• Seminar and Outline: "Practical Methods of Discovering and Freezing Assets in Insolvency Litigation", United States Attorney's Conference at Clearwater, Florida, at Kansas City, Missouri, and U.S. Small Business Administration Western Regional Attorney's Conference, at Denver, Colorado.
• Seminar and Outline: "Recent Developments in Claims, Priorities and Exemptions Under the Bankruptcy Code", National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges at Nashville, Tennessee.
• Seminar and Outline: "Enforcing The Judgment Hunt: Identifying and Pursuing Unlawful Transfers of Assets", United States Attorney's Conferences at Washington, DC and at Kansas City, Missouri.
• Instructor and Trial Judge, Department of Justice-Legal Education Institute and Executive Office United States Attorneys, Washington, DC.
• Seminar and Outline: "Maintaining Status Quo During Litigation", U.S. Department of Justice, at Washington, DC.
• Speaker: Washington Legislative Conference, Commercial Law League of America,- "Debt Collection Litigation by the Department of Justice."
• Lead Panelist: "Litigation in Federal Courts to Establish Liability of Officers, Directors, and Shareholders for debts of Insolvent Corporations," sponsored by the Commercial Law League of America, Hyatt Regency Hotel, at Washington, DC.
• Organized and participated as speaker at the Fall United States Attorney Conference held at San Antonio, Texas. Conducted seminars on "How to Depose Accountants and Bank Officers"; and "How to Read and Evaluate Financial Statements and Financial Data."
• Seminars for Department of Health and Human Services on "How to Collect Medicare Overpayments from Insolvent Medicare Providers" at Baltimore, San Francisco and Dallas and "Medicare Accounts' Role in Medicare Overpayment Litigation", at Baltimore, Maryland.
• Seminar on the "Federal Priority Statute" for the United States Attorney's Conference in Washington, DC.