Roger W. Brown was an American lawyer and Judge on the Circuit Court for Baltimore City and the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore City.

Background

Brown was born in Baltimore, Maryland, October 12, 1940. Orphaned at 13, he moved in with an older married sister in Cherry Hill and attended Baltimore City public schools. Brown graduated from the Douglass High School

Frederick Douglass Senior High School (Baltimore, Maryland)

Frederick Douglass High School known locally as Douglass is a public high school located in Baltimore, Maryland, US. Established in 1883 as the Colored High and Training School, Douglass is the second oldest historically integrated public high school in the United States...

 in 1959. He graduated from Morgan State College

Morgan State University

Morgan State University, formerly Centenary Biblical Institute , Morgan College and Morgan State College , is a historically black college in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Morgan is Maryland's designated public urban university and the largest HBCU in the state of Maryland...

, with a B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...

 (political science) in 1965 and the University of Baltimore School of Law

University of Baltimore School of Law

University of Baltimore School of Law, or UB Law, is one of the three colleges that make up the University of Baltimore, which is part of the University System of Maryland. UB Law is one of only two law schools in the state of Maryland, the other law school being the University of Maryland School...

, with a J.D.

Juris Doctor

Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...

 in 1973. Brown was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1974. His first major job was as a caseworker, with the Baltimore City Department of Juvenile Services from 1965 to 1970. He was promoted to personnel officer in 1970 and served as same until 1974. During law school, Brown clerked for the law firm Mitchell and Lee, P.A. Brown's first job as an attorney came in 1974 when he was hired as an Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore City. In 1975 he left the prosecutor's office to start a law firm with Ronald Owens. He later joined Mitchell and Lee as an associate attorney in 1978. He left that firm to become an Assistant Public Defender in Baltimore City from 1979 to 1985.

Judicial career

Brown was first appointed as an Associate Judge of the District Court of Maryland, District 1, Baltimore City by Harry R. Hughes in 1985 and remained there until 1987. He was a member of the Court's Commissioner Education Committee, 1985–87; Mental Health and Alcoholism Committee, 1986-87. He was appointed Associate Judge, Baltimore City Circuit Court, 8th Judicial Circuit on September 16, 1987 by William Donald Schaefer

William Donald Schaefer

William Donald Schaefer was an American politician who served in public office for 50 years at both the state and local level in Maryland. A Democrat, he was mayor of Baltimore from 1971 to 1987, the 58th Governor of Maryland from January 21, 1987 to January 18, 1995, and the Comptroller of...

and served until his retirement on November 12, 2002. During that time he was a member of the Juvenile and Family Law Committee, the Conference of Circuit Judges, 1987, the Board of Directors, Judicial Institute of Maryland, 1988–89 and a Member of the Criminal Law and Procedure Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference, 1997-2000. Brown also served as the Circuit representative to the Conference of Circuit Judges from 1999 to 2002. Member, Circuit Court Libraries Study Committee, 2000-01.