Michael J Brown

court of appeals

was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals in 2007. He served as the Chief Judge of Division One from 2015 to 2017, after serving the prior two years as the Vice Chief Judge. Judge Brown graduated from Brigham Young University in 1989 and received his J.D. from Arizona State University in 1992. Following graduation from law school, he worked as a law clerk for the Honorable Thomas C. Kleinschmidt. From 1993 to 2006, Judge Brown worked as an attorney with Brown & Brown Law Offices, P.C. in northeastern Arizona. His primary areas of practice included municipal law, civil litigation, real estate law, general business matters, and water law. Throughout his legal career, Judge Brown has been actively involved in professional, religious, and community organizations.