Background
Brown, Raymond L. was born on July 7, 1936 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States.
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Raymond L. Brown
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University of Mississippi (Bachelor of Business Administration, 1958). University of Maryland and University of Mississippi (Juris Doctor, 1962).
Career
Worked at Brown, Watt & Buchanan, P.A. (Pascagoula, Mississippi) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts, Products Liability, Environmental Law, Mass Torts, Complex Litigation, Bad Faith and Insurance Law, Workers Compensation, Admiralty, Corporations, School Law, Mediation/Arbitration. Admitted to the bar, 1962, Mississippi. United States. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi.
United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. United States. Supreme Court. Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa.
Law Clerk, Justice Tom Clark, United States. Supreme Court, 1962-1963. Associate Editor, 1960-1961 and Business Manager, 1961-1962, Mississippi Law Journal.
President, Mississippi Junior Bar, 1968-1969. President, Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, 1975-1976. Member: Jackson County and American Bar Associations.
The Mississippi Bar (President, 1978-1979). International Association of Defense Counsel. National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel.
Fellow: American Bar Foundation. Mississippi Bar Foundation. American College of Trial Lawyers (State Chairman, 1989 and 1990).
United States. Supreme Court Historical Society (State Chair, 1992). Trial Attorneys of America. American Inns of Court.
Brown, Watt & Buchanan, P.A. was founded in early 1987 by Raymond L. Brown, a former United States Supreme Court law clerk and professional football player, after twenty-five years as lead litigator in another firm. The firm specializes in litigation, with emphasis on defense of product liability, mass tort (asbestos, hearing loss, vibration, dioxin exposure, tobacco claims) and environmental suits. The firm serves the Gulf coast and south Mississippi, and for several clients, statewide, and has a full staff of paralegals.
Firm members are encouraged to participate in continuing legal education, bar activities and civic affairs.
Membership
Member: Jackson County and American Bar Associations. The Mississippi Bar (President, 1978-1979). International Association of Defense Counsel.
National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. Fellow: American Bar Foundation. Mississippi Bar Foundation.
American College of Trial Lawyers (State Chairman, 1989 and 1990). United States. Supreme Court Historical Society (State Chair, 1992). Trial Attorneys of America.
American Inns of Court.
