John E. Brown

Partner

Ontario
3500 Porsche Way
Suite 200

TEL: (951) 826-8206
FAX: (909) 944-1441
John.Brown@bbklaw.com

John E. Brown is a Partner of the law firm of Best Best & Krieger LLP.  He joined the firm in 1975.  Mr. Brown chaired the firm’s Municipal and Redevelopment Law Practice Group from 1996 - 2008.  Mr. Brown has also served on the firm’s Executive Committee and as Best Best & Krieger LLP's Marketing Partner.

He is a public lawyer and has represented a variety of California public agencies including cities, redevelopment agencies, special districts and school districts. He is the City Attorney of Ontario, California and the Town Attorney of the Town of Apple Valley, California.  He has served as the City Attorney for cities throughout California since 1976.

Mr. Brown also acts as general counsel for a variety of other public agencies.  He has served as general counsel to the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District for more than 30 years and also acts as general counsel to the Hi-Desert Water District.  He is the general counsel of the March Joint Powers Authority, as well as the March Inland Port Airport Authority and March JPA Redevelopment Agency, the local reuse authorities for the former March Air Force Base in Riverside County.

Mr. Brown served as the Acting City Manager of Unalaska (“Dutch Harbor”), Alaska, during the summer of 1972.

Mr. Brown graduated from Claremont McKenna College, Magna Cum Laude, holds a Master of Arts degree from Occidental College awarded as part of a Coro Foundation Fellowship in Public Affairs (Los Angeles), and received his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall).  His professional memberships include the Urban Land Institute and the American Planning Association.

Bar & Court Admissions

• California,1975

Education

• JD, University of California at Berkeley
• MA, Occidental College,Los Angeles,CA
• BA, Claremont McKenna College,Claremont,CA