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Trish M. Brown (Oregon)

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Trish M. Brown

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Prior offices
United States Bankruptcy Court District of Oregon
Successor: Teresa Pearson


Trish M. Brown was a bankruptcy judge for the United States bankruptcy court, District of Oregon. Brown was appointed to the court on December 3, 1999. She retired on October 2, 2021.[1]

Education

Judge Brown attended Washington & Lee University to receive her J.D. and the University of Pennsylvania for her bachelor's degree.[2]

Career

Brown was appointed by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on December 3, 1999. She was licensed to practice law in Oregon in 1982, in Washington in 1986, and in Virginia in 1981. She was certified in business bankruptcies by the American Board of Certification in 1993.

While in private practice, Judge Brown focused on bankruptcy and corporate reorganization, representing primarily creditors in all types of bankruptcies, defending preference and other avoidance actions and pursuing nondischargeable debts for creditors; loan workouts and foreclosures; and real estate transactions; and she acted as a mediator and arbitrator in all aspects of debtor-creditor, real estate, and contract disputes.

Judge Brown was a member and past chair of the Oregon State Bar Debtor-Creditor Section, a member of the Washington State Bar Association Creditor-Debtor Section, and a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute.[3]

Work as an Author

Brown served as editor and author of the Oregon State Bar publication on Bankruptcy in 1989 and Supplements in 1992 and 1995.[3]

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Footnotes

  1. https://www.orb.uscourts.gov/sites/orb/files/documents/news/Pearson_Teresa_Appointed.pdf United States bankruptcy court, District of Oregon, "Teresa Pearson Appointed Judge of U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Oregon," September 3, 2021]
  2. Judge Profile:Trish M. Brown
  3. 3.0 3.1 Trish M. Brown Biography