Harvey G. Brown
Founding Partner
brown@wrightbrownclose.com
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Harvey handles personal injury, commercial litigation and appeals and also serves as a mediator and arbitrator. He has a broad range of experience in virtually every type of civil litigation other than family law. Harvey is a frequent speaker at continuing legal education seminars on a variety of topics, including expert witness and evidentiary issues. He is also frequently retained by other attorneys to assistance them on various complex legal issues. From 2003-2006 and for 2008, Harvey has been included in Law and Politics’ list of Texas Super Lawyers ®.
Education
J.D., University of Texas School of Law 1981, with honors
Order of the Coif
Member Texas Law Review
B.A., University of Texas 1978, with high honors
Experience
Partner, Wright Brown & Close, LLP, 2003 – Present
Managing Partner, Orgain, Bell & Tucker, LLP (Houston office), 2002 – 2003
Adjunct Professor, University of Houston School of Law 1998 – 2002
Administrative Judge of the Harris County Panel over Diet Drug Cases 1998 – 2001
Judge, 152nd District Court 1995 – 2002
Associate and Partner, Sewell & Riggs 1981 – 1995
Certifications
Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Admissions
State Bar of Texas
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas
Memberships
American Law Institute
Supreme Court of Texas Advisory Committee
State Bar of Texas (Litigation section)
Houston Bar association
American Bar Association
Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation
Fellow Houston Bar Association
Defense Research Institute
State Bar Continuing Legal Education Committee
Pattern Jury Charge Volume I Committee
Awards
State Bar of Texas Outstanding Law Review Article 2000
Houston Law Review Professional Legal Scholarship Award 2000
Publications
Harvey G. Brown & Andrew Love, Tips on Expert Witness Practice, The Advocate, Winter 2005.
Trial Objections: Civil And Criminal (2003)
Daubert Objections to Public Records: Who Bears the Burden of Proof?, 39 HOUS. L. REV. 413 (2002)
Eight Gates for Expert Witnesses, 36 HOUS. L. REV. 743 (1999)
Procedural Issues under Daubert, 36 HOUS. L. REV. 1133 (1999)
The Summary Jury Trial: Perspectives of Bench and Bar, The Houston Lawyer, March and April 2001, at 32.
The Summary Jury Trial Part II: Perspectives of Bench and Bar, The Houston Lawyer, May and June 2001, at 16.
Community Service
Houston Habitat for Humanity, board member 1995–2005, vice president during Jimmy Carter work project in 1998, president 2000 –2001.
Memorial High School Community Network 2000–2007, president 2005-2007.
KSBJ Radio - advisory board member January 2005-present.