Barbara F. Brown
Ms. Brown is Certified by the California State Bar as a Specialist in Family Law and is a lecturer in California Continuing Education of the Bar Programs and Certified Family Law Specialists seminars. She was selected for inclusion in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers and the Super Lawyers publication. Ms. Brown's practice encompasses litigation, consulting and alternate dispute resolution, including collaborative family law.
Education:
- Juris Doctor, University of San Diego
- Attended Wells College, Aurora, New York and received Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Joseph College, West Hartford, Connecticut
- Continuing Education, Harvard Law School Negotiation Training
- Trained in both mediation and collaborative law techniques
- Additional language - French
Past Positions and Memberships:
- Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of California in the Criminal Trial and Appellate Divisions
- State Bar Committee on Federal Courts
- President of the Lawyers Club of San Diego
- Board of Governors, District 9, California Women Lawyers, Board of Directors and the Legal Aid Society
- Judge Pro Tem of the San Diego Superior Court
- Chair of the mediation sub-committee of San Diego Certified Family Law Specialists
- Executive Committee, San Diego Certified Family Law Specialists
- Board of Directors, Collaborative Family Law Group of San Diego
- Master, American Inns of Court, Wendell Holmes, Jr., Chapter #303
Current Professional Memberships:
- State Bar of California since 1977
- Admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- State Bar of California, Certified Specialist in Family Law
- Collaborative Family Law Group of San Diego
- San Diego County Bar Association
- Biographee, Who's Who in American Law