Preston Brown

Background

Brown, Preston was born on October 6, 1936 in New York City. Son of John Mason and Catherine (Meredith) Brown.

Education

Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1958. Bachelor of Laws, 1961).

Career

Worked at Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle (New York, NY) specializing in International Corporate Law, Regulatory Agency Practice, Pacific Rim Trade. Admitted to the bar, 1962, New York. 1969, District of Columbia.

Executive Assistant to Honorary Marietta Tree, Delegate, New York State Constitutional Convention, 1967. Special Assistant to Under Secretary and Secretary, United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1967-1969.

Author: "The Transformation of the Maguiladora under NAFTA (with C. Karr), Martinus Nijoff (1994). "Latin American Trade Accords," (With C. Karr), N.Y. Law Journal (1993). "The Kuwait/Iraq Sanctions-United States.

Regulations in an International Setting," Practising Law Institute (1991). "The United States. Iraq/Kuwait Sanctions Program," Journal of International Banking (1990). "Multilateral Investment Guaranty Agency," International Business Lawyer (1989).

"Unfair Methods of Competition in Importation: The Expanded Role of the United States. International Trade Commission under Section 337 of the Trade Act of 1930 as amended," Business Lawyer (1976). "The 1971 I.C.J. Advisory Opinion on South West Africa (Namibia)," Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law (1971).

Member: The District of Columbia Bar. Federal and American Bar Associations. American Society of International Law.

(Resident Partner, Washington, D.C. Office).

Achievements

• Bar: New York 1962, District of Columbia 1969, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1974.

Membership

Board of directors Goodwill Industries American, Washington, 1969-1975, Young Audiences of District of Columbia, 1985-1992, 93-, president, 1989-1992. Member American Bar Association, Knickerbocker Club (New York City).

Connections

Married Betsey G. Pinckney, October 9, 1965 (divorced March 1982). Children: Catherine St. George, John Preston.

Father:

John Mason Brown

Mother:

Catherine (Meredith) Brown

Spouse:

Betsey G. Pinckney

child:

John Preston Brown

child:

Catherine St. George Brown