Practice Areas
Honors + Affiliations
Member, Board of Directors of the International Peace Academy (New York)
Member, Board of Directors of the American Foundation for the University of the West Indies
Member, Board of Managers of International House Center
Trustee Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania
Chairman Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center Board
Overseer, William Penn Charter School
Trustee, Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, Inc.
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
Former President, International Visitors Council of Philadelphia
Former Chairman, American Bar Association, International Law Section
Former Chairman, Philadelphia Bar Association, Probate, Trust and Estate Section
Board Member and Former Chairman, Board of WHYY, Inc.
Former Member, Board of Directors of the Delaware Valley Hospital Council
Former Member, Board of Trustees of the Hospital Association of Pennsylvania
Former Chairman, Pennsylvania Bar Association, International Law Section
Former Chairman and Member, Advisory Committee of the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia
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1701 Market St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2921
Phone: 215.963.5415
Fax: 215.963.5001
Richard P. Brown, Jr. serves as counsel in Morgan Lewis's Litigation Practice. Mr. Brown was a partner of the firm from 1956 to 1988. Mr. Brown practiced in the Litigation Section from 1948 to 1988. He was Administrator of the Section from 1967 to 1971 and Chairman of the Section from 1972 to 1978. He was Senior Trial Counsel of the Section from 1979 to 1988.
Mr. Brown practiced before Pennsylvania and Federal courts and participated in the Girard College case representing the Trustees of the Will of Stephen Girard. He argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in the Stern v. South Chester Tube Company case. In addition, Mr. Brown led a litigation team representing United States Gypsum Company in asbestos litigation cases.
Education
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1948, LL.B.
- Princeton University, 1942, A.B.