Mr. Brown is actively engaged in an ERISA litigation practice. His background and experience in employee benefit matters includes work in both private practice and as inside counsel for a Fortune 500 corporation. He now represents individuals in a large variety of employee benefit claims involving pension, 401(k), health, severance and disability, and has developed a sub-specialty litigating former spouse's claims for pension or 401(k) plan benefits under qualified domestic relations orders resulting from a divorce.

Mr. Brown began his career in private practice with Walsh, Case & Coale in Chicago, Illinois and with Reed Smith Shaw and McClay in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1980, he was asked to join Armco Inc., a large diversified integrated steel producer know known as AK Steel Corporation, as their in-house employment and employee benefits counsel.

While with Armco, Mr. Brown was responsible for all of the company's world-wide executive compensation and employee benefit matters. The industry struggled during the 1980's resulting in Mr. Brown's involvement in numerous divestitures, plant closings, restructurings and outsourcings. He was also counsel to the Board and the Board's fiduciary committees on executive compensation and employee benefit matters, and served as Vice President and General Counsel for the company's 1940 Investment Act company. He structured and supported the administration of national health plan networks, and domestic and international pension and profit sharing/401(k) plans covering all of the company's active employees and retirees. He also structured and maintained the executive stock option, long-term incentive and non-qualified deferred compensation plans.

Since returning to private practice in 1992, Mr. Brown's broad experience with ERISA matters has resulted in his being engaged as special counsel for a number of local firms assisting in ERISA litigation. He maintains his private practice while also serving as Of Counsel to Green, Savits & Lenzo focusing on their executive compensation and ERISA litigation matters, as well as serving as Of Counsel to Herbert New & David W. New working primarily on Taft-Hartley Plan matters.