Jason Charles Brown

Jason Charles Brown

3.5
Rating: 10.0

Licensed for 25 years

Divorce and separation Lawyer at Champlin, MN
Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation, Family

11125 Zealand Avenue North, Champlin, MN

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Licenses

Licensed in Minnesota for 25 years

State: Minnesota

Acquired: 2000

Authorized to Practice

No misconduct found

Location

Brown Law Offices, P.A.

11125 Zealand Avenue North, Champlin, MN, 55316-3595

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Jason Charles Brown's Reviews

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3.5 /5.0

20 Client Reviews

Posted by Rod | February 12, 2024 | Consulted Attorney

This review is from a potential client who consulted with this attorney.

Jason Brown

I find Mr. Brown to be a very untrustworthy individual to work with. Initially, he comes across as very helpful and friendly, but over time you realize he’s doing what’s best for his firm. Often he makes up concerns, demands, issues, etc., to get what his client wants. The second worst part is Mr. B...rown has repeatedly requested that the Judge have me pay for all of his attorney fees related to the made-up concerns, demands, or issues. To my surprise, the Judge's thankfully denied each of Mr. Brown's requests for reimbursement for erroneous fees. That should say a lot about his character. Each of the Judges we worked with over the past eight years saw through the dishonesty and denied each of Mr. Brown's requests for erroneous fee reimbursement. My concern is in the past 8 years of working with Jason Brown, I continue to see him only look out for his client's best interest, and not the children involved. Please email me at [email protected] for examples or if you have questions. Mr. Brown appears comfortable looking the other way if children are being abused. The children do not pay for Mr. Brown's fees, so he does not care what they want or what happens to them. It appears Mr. Brown is fine, working with child abusers as long as their checks are clear. There are way too many other Family Law attorneys out there who will look out for both you and your children. Please contact another firm today.

Posted by anonymous | July 14, 2023 | Consulted Attorney

This review is from a potential client who consulted with this attorney.

So many of Jason Brown’s other 1 star reviews are accurate!

Jason Brown struggles with being honest. Jason follows money is the money. He doesn’t follow his fiduciary responsibility as a Minnesota attorney. . Instead, he is consumed by greed from case after case. Instead of doing what’s right, he will follow his clients instructions regardless, if they’ve bee...n convicted of child abuse. I noticed if you look at Jason Brown’s Google, Avvo and Lawyers.com reviews, he has MANY one star reviews and in many of those he responds with similar zero accountability response. Thing is all of these cases are public record. Don’t take my word. So many one star reviews.. Instead, I encourage you to read his responses, pull up his cases, and you can read how instead of taking accountability, JasonBrown just denes it al. If you take the time, you can read and verify that is one star reviews have validity to them. Jason Brown is not a good MN lawyer, and I sadly have also seen fist hand the lengths Jason Brown will go to protect his now convicted child abusing client. Jason helped her get away with it for six years. It took CPS getting involved many times and then she was finally convicted.

Posted by anonymous | May 27, 2021 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

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Jason Brown Probably the worst divorce attorney [if you can even call him that] that ever existed. I started out at his firm with a wonderful female lawyer which was what i preferred. i did not want a male lawyer. also tried to save money by going with a Champlin firm vs a Minneapolis firm. s...o not the case!!!!! charged the same or more than Minneapolis lawyers. Apparently I was too emotional [which is entirely normal for a woman who is being dumped by her husband of 21 years] and she turned my case over to Jason Brown who did not even care about my case. All our calls were on speaker so i was made sure that i would not get emotional. he put me on hold to respond to another call which was to my husband's attorney.. when i asked him how the call went he said they were laughing together - not what you want to hear from your lawyer. Anyway, needless to say with this guy, he was not, so not there for me during the whole process. I literally felt like i was representing myself. Kinda wished I had my husband's attorney!! Message to women going through a devastating divorce. DO NOT GO TO JASON BROWN FOR LEGAL ADVISE!!!!! A HUGE WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY!!!!!!! After the divorce was finalized [no help from him] I had to go to his office so he could read my entire decree to me. What, like I wasn't able to read it myself? And of course charged me for the time. Meanwhile construction workers were running around updating his Law Office at what looked like to be at a great expense.. Anyway - looser! Waste of money. Not a care to what you are going thru. Hugh waste.. Terrible attorney, if you can call him that.. Ladies, there are so many great lawyers out there.. Pay the extra, it is so worth it.. Good luck!!!

Posted by anonymous | January 28, 2021 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Lacks Real Estate Knowledge & Follow Through

I filed for divorce after my husband was arrested for domestic assault. Jason represented me in my divorce and in my order for protection hearing. I owned a condo that I purchased from my parents on a contract for deed. During the divorce process, we asked Jason multiple times about the condo, and... his response was always, "Don't worry about it. Your husband has no legal claim on it because you bought it on a contract for deed and his name was never on the title." He was wrong. I recently sold my condo and at closing, the title company told me that my ex-husband still had marital interest in the property because Jason did not ask opposing counsel for a quitclaim deed. Jason also bungled my divorce decree and did not specify that ownership of the condo was being transferred to me. I explained to the title company that my husband was arrested for domestic assault and there is a permanent no contact order in place for my protection. They told me to ask my divorce lawyer to draft a quitclaim deed, send it to opposing counsel, and tell them to have my ex-husband sign it. We reached out to Jason twice and he never responded. I am truly astonished by his unprofessionalism. Jason's lack of real estate knowledge almost cost the sale of my condo. In the end, the title company generously drafted a quitclaim, and my parents reached out to my ex-husband, who agreed to sign it. We still haven't heard back from Jason. My divorce cost over $20,000 and we didn't even go to trial. One of my friends represented himself in his divorce and put the correct real estate wording in his divorce decree. This is extremely frustrating. I was very poorly represented by Jason.

Posted by anonymous | January 25, 2021 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Not trustworthy

The following is a personal opinion. My case was started with a junior attorney on staff. I felt a connection and more importantly I trusted them. Part way through my case Jason took over. He led me to believe he could get better results. All I got was a larger bill and after many failing, I began... to distrust him personally. Feeling like you aren’t getting good legal advice is one thing, believing you are being manipulated just to collect more legal fees is another. His goal seamed to be collecting a lot of fees and not following up on my requests. During pretrial the opposing counsel were aggressive. They asked for numerus documents and proof of income and most egregious my monthly expenses. Which Jason insisted I provided even though none of these were reciprocated by the other side. When I asked why it was anyone’s busines how much I spent on Gasoline, food, clothes etc. He said it showed openness. It took a lot of time to assemble and document these; more billable hours. I personally felt he was more worried about how the judge felt about him. He wanted to look good and let my case slide through the judge’s case load with ease. This would make both their lives easier; my case was secondary. Home studied, personality tests. My child was interviewed! My goal, from the beginning, was primary custody. The opposing side wanted 50/50, from the beginning. Very near the end (we were at the courthouse) my original lawyer (junior in the office) came to me and said the ‘word in the court house’ was that my judge always gave 50/50 unless one party was completely irresponsible. Why hadn’t he felt the judge out months ago? Jason insisted we continue in court, and was able to bill more hours. $$$$$$$ It all ended in 50/50 and the judge assigned how the time would be divided. The judge imposed every other holiday. Jason even screws this up. He made out the list and forgot to included Memorial and Labor Day on the list. Even though I had requested they be included as holidays. I could have gone before the court and got the same deal representing myself and saves +$20,000. Having a lawyer did not help me at all! Jason goes though the minimal effort just to billing hours. If you want someone who will aggressively fight for you, I recommend another firm. Jason’s priorities are in his self-interest not yours.

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Jason Charles Brown's Lawyer Endorsements

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Michael Black

Family lawyer | Dec 01

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"I endorse this lawyer. I have mediated several family law cases for him and have found him to be well grounded in the law and highly prepared. He represents the interests of his client well."

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Susan Mundahl

Family lawyer | Nov 26

Relationship: Opposing Counsel on matter

"I endorse this lawyer. I have known Jason fro several years. He is very knowledgeable in family law and reasonable is his handling of the cases. I understand that Jason will soon be adding mediation and I think he will be an excellent resource."

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Kathryn Lammers

Family lawyer | Nov 25

Relationship: Opposing Counsel on matter

"I have worked with Jason on multiple contested family law matters and I have found him to be professional, knowledgeable and a good advocate for his clients."

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Chad Snyder

Family lawyer | Nov 25

Relationship: Opposing Counsel on matter

"Jason worked to find practical and reasonable solutions that made sense for both parties and their children."

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Kaitlyn Andren

Divorce and separation lawyer

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Todd Dwire

Divorce and separation lawyer

Experience

Rating:  10.0 (Superb)

Honors

2015

Super Lawyer, Thomson Reuters

2015

10/10 Superb Rating, Avvo

2015

Top 100 in Family Law, American Society of Legal Advocates

2015

Lead Counsel Rated, LawInfo

2015

Client Distinction Award, Lawyers.com

2014

Preeminent 5/5, Martindale-Hubbell

2011

Top 25 Blog, Minnesota State Bar Association

Work Experience

2003 - Present

Attorney, Brown Law Offices, P.A.

2002 - 2003

Judicial Clerk, Minnesota's Tenth Judicial District

2002 - 2003

Attorney, Pritzker Olsen

2000 - 2001

Attorney, Arthur, Chapman, Kettering, Smetak & Pikala, PA

Associations

2015 - Present

Minnesota's Tenth Judicial District

Early Neutral Evaluator

2015 - Present

Minnesota Supreme Court

Rule 114 Neutral

2000 - Present

Minnesota State Bar Association

Member

2003 - 2005

Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association, Family Law Section

Chairman

Sample of Legal Cases

Custody

After 18 months of contentious litigation, and a three day trial, our client was granted sole physical custody of the children.

Custody

The case settled on a full and final basis in favor of our client after our lawyers convinced the court to award joint physical custody at a temporary motion hearing.

Custody

After a three day trial, our client was allowed to remain in Arizona with the children and was awarded sole physical custody.

Child Support

The vast majority of our client’s arrears were forgiven by the court. Wife sought review by the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Her claims were denied.

Child Support

our client’s arrears were deemed satisfied and his “wife” owes husband nearly $20,000.00

Alimony

The court denied husband’s request to modify. The value of our client’s ongoing maintenance award exceeds $1,000,000.

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Education

2000

William Mitchell College of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1997

Minnesota State University, Mankato

BS - Bachelor of Science

Speaking Engagements

2015

New Lawyers Seminar

Family Law Summary

2015

Law Clerk CLE

Custody and Parenting Time Amendments

2014

Minnesota Paralegal Association Meeting

Parenting Time Schedules: Taking Into Account Religion and Culture

2013

Tenth Judicial District Law Clerks

Same-Sex Marriage in Minnesota: Historical Perspective

2013

Minnesota Family Law Institute

Family Law Diversity: Holidays Across World Cultures and Religion

2012

Hennepin County Bar Association CLE

Law Firm Marketing in the 21st Century

Publications

2015

2004

Minnesota Trial Lawyer Magazine The Intersection of Family Law and Wrongful Death Cases

Languages

English

Activity

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