Prior to joining Birrell & Newmark, Ltd., Mr. Browne was a Fellow with the Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program in Germany, where he advised colleagues at the German Federal Ministry of Justice in Berlin, and the Munich Public Prosecutor's Office on the American criminal justice system. He focused primarily on criminal law reform and comparative criminal law, and authored a law review article on the subject of victim rights law and police brutality. Mr. Browne also published an article analyzing the constitutionality of the Minneapolis loitering ordinance. Mr. Browne previously was an Assistant Public Defender with the Third Judicial District Public Defender's Office, and as well as a bilingual Staff Attorney with the non-profit community law office of Centro Legal, Inc., in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was the Judicial Clerk to the Honorable LaJune Thomas Lange, Hennepin County District Court Judge, and a Law Clerk at the Hennepin County Public Defender's Office. Mr. Browne speaks Spanish and German.
Education:
J.D. 1999, Hamline University, School of Law (Concentration in Criminal
Law); B.A. 1995, University of Minnesota, Duluth (Honors in Spanish).
Admitted:
1999 Minnesota; 2000 United States District Court for the District of
Minnesota; 2001 United States District Court for the Western District
of Wisconsin.
Professional Associations:
Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers.
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