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Charles David Brown
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Biography
Charles Brown is an experienced healthcare litigator. He has focused for over a decade on the healthcare industry. In his career he has helped clients in both the prosecution and defense of matters in the court system, before agencies, and in alternative dispute proceedings.
His broad experience and knowledge base includes cases involving hospital malpractice, nursing home malpractice, physician malpractice, and nursing malpractice. Additionally, he has handled significant cases involving vending and services contracts between vendors and hospitals, commercial disputes between hospitals, and employee injury claims by hospital employees. With 13 first chair jury trials, 4 second chair jury trials, 2 first chair bench trials, and 3 first-chair arbitrations, Charles is an experienced, tested trial lawyer.
Charles is licensed by the State Bar of Texas and the State Bar of Louisiana. He is admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Western, and Southern Districts of Texas.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Obtained $31 million verdict in nursing home bedsore case.
67th Largest Verdict in the United States for 2014
Recovered $2.5 million in healthcare industry breach of contract action.
Recovered $2.1 million in healthcare industry vendor dispute.
Successfully handled hospital employee injury matter less than 1 month after becoming lead counsel.
Mediated multiple personal injury and commercial healthcare litigation matters involving millions of dollars.
Practice Areas
4
Practice Areas
Medical Malpractice
40%
25 years
Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect
30%
25 years
Birth Injury
15%
25 years
Brain Injury
15%
25 years
Fees and Rates
Cost
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Chat withLicenses
Licensed in Louisiana for 17 years
State: Louisiana
Acquired: 2008
No misconduct found
Licensed in Texas for 25 years
State: Texas
Acquired: 2000
No misconduct found
Location
Brown, Christie & Green
712 Main St Ste 800, Houston, TX, 77002-3201
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Charles David Brown's Lawyer Endorsements
"I endorse this lawyer."
"Charles Brown is one of the top medical malpractice attorneys in the state of Texas. His knowledge of the law is second to none and he is a top-tier trial attorney. It makes for a combination that is hard to beat."
"I endorse Charles Brown. His firm is experienced in various areas of medical malpractice law, including nursing home abuse, birth injury, surgical errors, brain injury, and pharmaceutical errors."
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Experience
Honors
2015
Houston Top Lawyers, H Texas Lawyer Magazine
2015
Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, Texas Bar Foundation
2014
Rising Star, Super Lawyers
2014
Largest Nursing Home Verdict in America, Verdict Search
2014
Top 100 Verdicts of 2014, National Law Journal
2013
Rising Star, Super Lawyers
2012
Rising Star, Super Lawyers
2011
Rising Star, Super Lawyers
2009
Rising Star, Super Lawyers
2004
Rising Star, Super Lawyers
2000
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Medal For Excellence in Advocacy, American Bar Association and American College of Trial Lawyers
2000
Outstanding Trial Advocacy, Texas Young Lawyers Association and American College of Trial Lawyers
Work Experience
2015 - Present
Managing Partner, Brown, Christie & Green
2013 - Present
Adjunct Professor, University of Houston Law Center
2010 - 2014
Partner, McIver Brown
2004 - 2010
Sr. Associate, Fulbright & Jaworski
2003 - 2004
Associate Attorney, Caddell & Chapman
2000 - 2003
Sr. Associate, Fulbright & Jaworski
Associations
2015 - Present
Texas Bar FoundationFellow
2014 - Present
Texas Trial Lawyers AssociationMember
2001 - Present
United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Sample of Legal Cases
Alegria v. Southwest
$750,000 verdict
Kolb v. Bonner Street
$31,000,000 judgment
Watts/Butler v. Pinacle
$400,000+ judgment
Education
2000
Baylor University School of Law
Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor (J.D.)
1997
The University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2014
TTLA 25th Annual Conference
Setting a Hearing on Objections to Ch. 74 Reports: Time is of the Essence
Publications
2002
2002 State Bar of Texas, Advanced Personal Injury Seminar
Handbook of Texas Evidence
1999
51 Baylor Law Review 336
Congressional Abrogation of Eleventh Amendment Immunity by Passing the ADEA and the ADA, Comment
Languages
Spanish
English
Activity
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