C. Harold Brown

Principal

Practice Description

Mr. Brown, as the senior member of the Firm, has a wide range of experience in litigation, probate, family law, and corporate practice. Mr. Brown is Issuer Counsel for the Tarrant County Health Facilities Development Corporation, and he served several years as a member of the Board of Directors of State Automobile and Casualty Insurance Company (Des Moines, Iowa). He is President and a Director of the A. J. and Jessie Duncan Foundation and has served on the Board of Directors of several nationally recognized charitable organizations, including The Gladney Center and the National Council for Adoption. He is a member of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys. He previously served as Chairman of the Fort Worth Civil Service Commission and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Tarrant County Convention Center. Mr. Brown also maintains special expertise in the field of tax-exempt revenue bonds and the law of exempt organizations.

Education

• Vanderbilt University (B.A. 1957)
• University of Texas, (LLB 1960)

Military Service

• United States Army (1952 - 1954 Sergeant)

Professional Admissions

• State Bar of Texas, 1960
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court
• Founder of Brown Pruitt Peterson & Wambsganss, P.C.
• Practicing law in Fort Worth, Texas since 1960

Area of Expertise

• Corporate
• Tax Exempt Bonds
• Real Estate
• Probate
• Termination
• Adoption

Professional Organizations

• Tarrant County Bar Association
• President of Fort Worth Junior Bar Association, 1963
• Fort Worth-Tarrant County Family Bar Association (Director 1978 - 1980)
• American Bar Association
• American Academy of Adoption Attorneys
• Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
• Charter Member Tarrant County Bar Foundation
• Fellow Southwestern Legal Foundation
• Pro Bono College of State Bar of Texas

Civic Organizations

• Past Chairman and Director of the Tarrant County Convention Center (12 years)
• Past Chairman and member of Fort Worth Civil Service Commission (14 years)
• Past Director, Texas Association of Licensed Children’s Services (TALCS) (20 years)
• Past Director, Fort Worth Council of Camp Fire Girls (10 years)
• Past Chairman and Director, Southwestern Law Enforcement Institute (6 years)
• Director, A. J. & Jessie Duncan Foundation (1960 - present)
• Past Director, The Gladney Center (1963 - 1993)
• Past Director, National Council For Adoption (12 years)
• Member, Badge and Shield.

Awards

• Recipient of the Carnegie Hero Certificate issued by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission in 1972
• 1976 Outstanding Young Texan
• American Brittany Club Hall of Fame
• The Gladney Center Hall of Fame

Fraternal Service

• Alpha Tau Omega (Vanderbilt)
• Phi Delta Phi (University of Texas Law School)
• The Grand Lodge of Texas A.F. & A.M.
• Panther City Lodge No. 1183
• Charter Member, Fort Worth Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
• Worth Commandery No. 19, Knights Templar
• Fort Worth Chapter No. 58, Royal Arch Masons
• Fort Worth Council No. 42, Royal and Select Masters
• Moslah Temple Shrine
• Order of The Red Cross of Constantine
• Moslah Temple Shrine Patrol (Life Member, President 1971)
• Royal Order of Jesters, Fort Worth Court No. 32