The Brown Firm

What The Brown Firm does

The Brown Firm PLLC is a privately-held, family-operated law firm headquartered at 526 King Street, Suite 213, Alexandria, Virginia. Founded in 1941 and now in its third generation of Brown family practitioners, the firm operates as a traditional professional services practice with 1-10 employees, led by principal attorney Christopher E. Brown, Esq. It serves individual clients in the Washington DC metro area, Northern Virginia, and the broader Commonwealth of Virginia across civil law, employment law, police excessive force, wrongful death, criminal defense, traffic defense, and premises liability matters, with a more recent niche in foreclosure funds recovery.

The firm delivers legal services through direct attorney-client engagement: consultations are initiated by phone (703.924.0223), online contact form, or in-office visits, and matters are resolved through negotiation or courtroom litigation. Core products include Civil Law, Employment Law, Police Excessive Force, Wrongful Death, Criminal Defense, Traffic Defense, and Premises Liability services, with no software, app, or API products. The firm has no proprietary technology stack beyond standard website/content marketing infrastructure, including a blog dating to 2015, social media profiles on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, and earned media placements in ABC News, Business Insider, and VOX.

Revenue is generated entirely through professional services fees — hourly, contingency, or flat-rate depending on case type — with pricing not publicly disclosed. The firm is independent, with no parent company, subsidiaries, funding rounds, or institutional investors reported. Notable recent matters include a $500,000 settlement in Bratton v. CPAC (June 2024), a successful remand in Beckford v. Elevance Health at the Fourth Circuit (March 2026), and a co-defense role in the Parizer Anti-Terrorism Act matter (October 2025) alongside The Peoples Law Office of Chicago.

Name

The Brown Firm

Legal name

The Brown Firm PLLC

Website

https://brownfirmpllc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1941

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Brown Firm PLLC is a family-owned Alexandria, Virginia law firm founded in 1941 that represents individual clients across civil rights, criminal defense, employment law, traffic defense, wrongful death, and premises liability matters in the DC metro area and Virginia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (54111)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil Liberties & Constitutional Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAA)

Keywords

• Civil litigation services
• Criminal defense representation
• Employment law practice
• Police misconduct representation
• Wrongful death claims

Headquarters

HQ city

Alexandria

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services Fees: The firm generates revenue through professional legal services fees charged to clients for legal representation across civil rights, criminal defense, employment law, traffic law, wrongful death, civil litigation, and other practice areas. Fee structures are likely hourly, contingency-based for certain cases (such as wrongful death or personal injury), or flat-rate depending on case type.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Brown Firm PLLC is a multi-generational law firm providing individual legal representation across civil litigation, employment law (discrimination, wrongful termination, wage disputes, whistleblower), police excessive force, wrongful death, criminal defense (felonies, misdemeanors, drug offenses, theft), traffic defense (DUI, reckless driving, license suspension), premises liability, and foreclosure funds recovery. Services are delivered via direct attorney consultations and courtroom advocacy to individual clients in the Virginia and Washington DC metro area.

Product overview

The Brown Firm PLLC is a traditional law firm offering legal services through a unified practice model rather than a software product architecture. The firm provides civil litigation, employment law, police excessive force, wrongful death, criminal defense, traffic defense, and premises liability legal services. Services are delivered through attorney-client consultations and courtroom representation, not through software products or modules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Civil Law Services

Quantifiable outcome

• $500,000 settlement achieved in discrimination and defamation case (Regina Bratton v CPAC et al)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• The Peoples Law OfficeminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 October 2025The Brown Firm collaborated with The Peoples Law Office (Chicago) to defend individuals in the Parizer et al v American Muslims for Palestine et al. case in the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria. This was a joint defense effort alongside other firms representing different defendants in a suit brought under the Anti-Terrorism Act and Alien Tort Statute.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP: National plaintiffs' firm with significant civil rights and consumer class action practice. Overlaps with The Brown Firm's civil rights litigation focus but operates at far greater scale with offices across multiple states.
• Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP: National plaintiffs' firm with broad civil rights, employment, and mass tort practices. Comparable in civil rights and employment litigation focus, but operates at significantly greater scale and geographic breadth.

Direct peers

• Katz, Marshall & Banks LLP: DC-based whistleblower and employment discrimination firm with appellate expertise. Comparable to The Brown Firm's employment and appellate work, including Fourth Circuit matters.
• Edelson PC: Chicago-based plaintiffs' firm specializing in civil rights, consumer protection, and class actions. Comparable in civil rights mission and plaintiff-side litigation focus, though larger and nationally prominent.
• Public Citizen Litigation Group: DC-based public interest litigation group that handles civil rights and constitutional matters. Comparable to The Brown Firm's civil rights and constitutional litigation focus, though operating as a nonprofit advocacy group.
• The Peoples Law Office: Chicago-based civil rights and catastrophic injury firm. Directly comparable as a joint defense partner of The Brown Firm on the Parizer et al. Anti-Terrorism Act litigation, with overlapping civil rights expertise.
• Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC: Washington, DC-based plaintiff-side litigation boutique with deep practices in civil rights, employment discrimination, and class actions. Directly comparable to The Brown Firm's civil rights and employment focus, though significantly larger and nationally prominent.
• Bredhoff & Kaiser PLLC: DC-based litigation boutique focused on civil rights, employment, and whistleblower matters. Directly comparable in practice mix and regional footprint to The Brown Firm.
• Mehri & Skalet PLLC: DC-based plaintiffs' firm specializing in employment, civil rights, and complex litigation. Highly comparable to The Brown Firm's employment discrimination and civil rights practices, with a similar DC/Virginia regional base.
• Kator, Scott, Walker & Korte PLLC: DC-based civil rights and employment litigation boutique. Direct peer in practice scope (civil rights, employment discrimination, police misconduct) and regional presence.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/chrisb3933
• Facebookfacebook.com/144745835593043
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/brown-firm-pllc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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