James Martin Brown
Undergraduate Education
- The George Washington University, Washington, DC
- Bachelor of Arts Degree 1974 (High Honors)
- Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha chapter
- National Honor Society
- Who’s Who of American University Students Dean’s List, every semester
Law School Education
- The University of Florida College of Law Gainesville, Florida
- Juris Doctor Degree 1976 Florida Blue Key
- Omicron Delta Kappa Dean’s list
- Criminal Practice Clinic Program
- Student Bar Assn. committee chairman and membership
- Vice-Chancellor, University Honor Court University Honor Court Chief Defense Counsel
Admissions to Practice
- Florida Supreme Court and all Florida Courts
- District of Columbia Court of Appeal and all DC Courts The Supreme Court of the United States
- The US 11th Circuit Court of Appeal
- The US District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Legal Career
- Certified Legal Intern, Public Defender’s Office 4th Circuit of Florida (1976)
- Certified Legal Intern, State Attorney’s Office 5th Circuit of Florida (1976)
- Assistant State Attorney, 5th Circuit of Florida (1976-1984) Division Chief, Hernando, Citrus and Sumter Counties Chief Trial Assistant
- Chief of Homicide and Major Crimes Prosecutions
- Deputy State Attorney for the 5th Judicial Circuit of Florida Appointed Acting State Attorney
- Private Practice of Law (1985-present) in Brooksville, Florida
Memberships
- The Florida Bar
- The District of Columbia Bar
- Florida Association Of Criminal Defense Lawyers Family Law Division, The Florida Bar
- Criminal Law Division, The Florida Bar
- Hernando County Bar Association
- Hernando, Citrus, Sumter County Bar (past president) Charter Member of Hernando Citrus Inns of Court Member, The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels
Summary of Legal Experience
40+ Years of Practice in Florida as an Attorney in active litigation 200 Jury Trials including:
- Felony and Misdemeanor Criminal cases
- General Civil
- Personal Injury
- Medical Malpractice (negligence)
7,500 + Bench Trials, contested and evidentiary Hearings including:
- Divorce
- Child Custody & Parenting Litigation
- Child Support
- Modification of Final Judgment Dependency
- Alimony
- Asset Distribution & Debt Apportionment Contempt of Court
Domestic Violence Restraining Orders Repeat and Dating Violence Injunctions
300 + Mediations including:
- Divorce & Family Law General Civil
In 39 years of legal practice in Central Florida, Attorney James Martin “ Jimmy” Brown has daily courtroom experience, prosecuting and defending Thousands of criminal cases including:
- Premeditated Murder (death Penalty) 2nd Degree and 3rd Degree Murder
- Manslaughter
- Sexual Battery
- Kidnaping
- Home Invasion & Burglary Armed Robbery
- Theft (all levels)
- Fraud
- Trafficking in Drugs and Controlled Substances
- Possession and sale of Controlled Substances DUI (all levels)
- Vehicular Homicide and DUI Manslaughter Identity Theft
- Forgery and Uttering
- Child Abuse and Neglect Pornography and obscenity offenses Juvenile Delinquency
- Tax offenses
- Traffic and Motor Vehicle offenses
- Domestic Violence
- Battery and Assault
- Firearms offenses
- Weapons offenses
