Honorable Janice Rogers Brown
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Judge Janice Rogers Brown was confirmed to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on June 8, 2005. From 1996 to 2005, Brown was an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court. Previously, she served as an Associate Judge of the Third District Court of Appeal in Sacramento and as the Legal Affairs Secretary to Governor Pete Wilson.
Prior to joining Governor Wilson’s senior staff, Judge Brown was an associate at Nielsen, Merksamer, Parrinello, Mueller & Naylor, a government and political law firm. Before joining the firm, Brown served as Deputy Secretary and General Counsel for California’s Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, working primarily with business regulatory departments. She came to BT&H after eight years in the state Attorney General’s Office, where she worked in both the criminal appellate and civil trial divisions.
Judge Brown is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law and in 2004 she received a Master of Laws degree in Judicial Process after completing the Graduate Program for Judges at the University of Virginia School of Law.