James M. Brown

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name = James M. Brown
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office2 = Attorney General of Oregon
term_start2 = March 24 1980
term_end2 = January 4 1981
predecessor2 = James A. Redden
successor2 = David B. Frohnmayer
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party = Democrat
date of birth = Birth date and age|1941|12|9|mf=y
place of birth= St. Paul, Minnesota
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James M. Brown (born December 9 1941) is a trial attorney in private practice in Salem, Oregon, who served as Oregon Attorney General from 1980 to 1981. He is a Democrat.

Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Brown attended American University before graduating Willamette University "magna cum laude" with a B.A. in 1964, and Yale University's law school with an LL.B. in 1967, being admitted to the Oregon bar the same year.

He served as a Deputy District Attorney from 1970 to 1972, and as District Attorney from 1972 to 1977, in Benton County, Oregon. He was Counsel to the Governor of Oregon (1977-1979) and Assistant Attorney General (1979-1980), before being appointed as state Attorney General in 1980.

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title = Private Practice Lawyer Profile for James M. Brown
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publisher = New Providence, New Jersey: Lexis Nexis Martindale-Hubbell
date = 2006
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