Roger A. Brown
Roger Brown represents corporate and individual clients in the defense of white-collar crime matters and civil and administrative enforcement matters at both the federal and state levels, as well as assisting clients with corporate internal investigations and other compliance matters. Mr. Brown served as a Deputy District Attorney for Jefferson County, Alabama for over 20 years, including 17 years as Chief Deputy. A highly experienced trial lawyer, Mr. Brown also represents clients in a variety of complex civil litigation matters.
As Chief Deputy District Attorney for Jefferson County, Mr. Brown was responsible for the prosecution and trial of a broad range of cases and developed extensive experience in governmental investigations, grand jury matters and parallel civil and criminal enforcement proceedings. He has been heavily involved in matters relating to the criminal justice system, including several terms as a member of the Alabama Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules of Criminal Procedure and past service as a member of the Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions - Criminal, a member of the Alabama State Bar Task Force on Correctional Institutions and Procedures, and as two-time chair of the Birmingham Bar Association's Criminal Procedure Committee, among many others. A frequent lecturer on trial strategy, tactics and techniques for the National Advocacy Center, Mr. Brown has also served as a visiting professor at Cumberland School of Law of Samford University and for many years served as an adjunct faculty member there. In 2007, he was named to the Birmingham Business Journal's Best of the Bar for White-Collar Crime.
In addition to his practice, Mr. Brown has served for over 20 years as a Lay Minister at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church and was president of the Holy Name Society at Our Lady of Sorrows. A former president of the Birmingham Touchdown Club and its foundation, he coached baseball, basketball and softball in Vestavia Hills, Alabama youth athletic programs for over ten years.
Admitted to practice:
Alabama
United States Supreme Court
Samford University (A.B., 1965)
Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1970)
