James Curtiss Brown

Background

Brown, James Curtiss was born on October 4, 1921 in Burkett, Texas, United States. Son of Aubrey Murphy and Eva (Thate) Brown.

Education

AS, Tarleton State College, 1940. Bachelor of Laws, University Texas, 1943.

Career

Bar: Texas 1943, United States District Court (southern district) Texas 1943, United States Court Appeals (5th circuit) 1945, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1968. Association Baker and Botts, Houston, 1943-1952. Senior partner Brown, Kronzer, Abraham & Watkins & Steeley, 1952-1973.

Associate justice 14th Court Civil Appeals, Houston, 1973-1976, chief justice, 1976-1995.

Retired, 1995; instructor South Texas College Law, 1944-1950, U. Houston College Law, 1950-1952.

Achievements

• James Curtiss Brown has been listed as a noteworthy by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member StateBar Texas, American Bar Association, Legal Aid and Defenders Association, American Judicature Society, International Society Barristers, American College Trial Lawyers. Club: River Oaks Country.

Connections

Married Lovice Perryman, August 11, 1960. Children: Curtiss j., Catherine Brown Fryer, William Aubrey.

Father:

Aubrey Murphy Brown

Mother:

Eva (Thate) Brown

Spouse:

Lovice Perryman

child:

Curtiss j. Brown

child:

Catherine Brown Fryer Brown

child:

William Aubrey Brown