Martin A. Brown

Martin Brown is a 1999 graduate of the University of Tulsa College of Law, where he received the Eric B. Jensen Award for integrity, professionalism and high academic performance, the 1998 Gardere & Wynne Environmental Law Award and a Certificate in International and Comparative Law.  Mr. Brown served as a Senior Staff member on the Tulsa Law Journal and as President of BLSA (Black Law Students Association) at the College of Law.  Mr. Brown received both his B.A. in Political Science and M.A. in American History from the University of Tulsa.  Mr. Brown is also a graduate of the University of Oklahoma’s Graduate School of Successful Trial Advocacy Seminar.  Mr. Brown also attended the Universidad de Palermo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he studied International Corporate Law and Project Finance.

 Mr. Brown’s practice focuses on venture capital/private equity transactions,  commercial real estate transactions, complex commercial litigation, corporate and securities law, and compliance.  Mr. Brown also serves as Administrative Assistant to the Independent Auditor in the matter Roy C. Johnson, et al. v. City of Tulsa, and Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge No. 93, Case No.: 94-CV-39-H(M), United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma a.k.a. “The Black Officers Coalition’s Lawsuit”.

Mr. Brown is a member of the Diversity Section of the Oklahoma Bar Association and the Corporate Law Section of the Tulsa County Bar Association.  He is a member of the American Bar Association. He is admitted to the State Bar of Oklahoma and State Bar of Texas.  He is also admitted into practice in all federal districts in Oklahoma.  Mr. Brown is a member of Leadership Tulsa—Class 33.  He also serves as Vice President for NOBLA (Northeastern Oklahoma Black Lawyers Association).  Mr. Brown served as a mentor and teacher for Tulsa Jobs Partnership and as a Big Brother for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oklahoma.  He also served as Chairman of the Advisory Board for Liberty World Outreach Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma and currently serves as a second-term Director At Large on the TU Law Alumni Board at the College of Law.  Mr. Brown was the recipient of the TU Law Alumni Association’s Outstanding Committee Chair Award in 2004 and Outstanding Alumnus Award in 2005.  He served as the Economic Development Chair for the Urban League’s Young Professionals Division and served as an appointed (by Mayor Kathy Taylor) member of the City of Tulsa’s Economic Development Commission.