Professional Biography

Lester (Les) Brown Partner

  • Palo Alto

    D +1.650.838.4415

    F +1.650.838.4350

    Palo Alto

    3150 Porter Drive

    Palo Alto, CA 94304-1212

    +1.650.838.4415

    LBrown@perkinscoie.com

  • Los Angeles

    D +1.310.788.3203

    F +1.310.843.1244

    Los Angeles

    1888 Century Park East, Suite 1700

    Los Angeles, CA 90067-1721

    +1.310.788.3203

    LBrown@perkinscoie.com

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News

  • 08.17.2023
    Best Lawyers® 2024 Recognizes 388 Perkins Coie Lawyers
    Press Releases
    Perkins Coie is proud to announce that 388 of its lawyers have been recognized by Best Lawyers® 2024. A total of 275 attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and 113 attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
  • 11.18.2022
    Perkins Coie and Coalition of Private and Public Sector Environmental and Energy Lawyers Secure U.S. Government Approval for World’s Largest Dam Removal and Restoration Project
    Press Releases
    Working with a coalition of environmental and energy lawyers from the public and private sectors, Perkins Coie is pleased to announce the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s approval of the Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC) proposal to start the world’s largest dam removal and restoration project.
  • 08.18.2022
    Best Lawyers® 2023 Recognizes 403 Perkins Coie Attorneys
    Press Releases
    Perkins Coie is proud to announce that 403 of its attorneys have been recognized by Best Lawyers® 2023. A total of 279 attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and 124 attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
  • 08.26.2021
    Best Lawyers® 2022 Recognizes 367 Perkins Coie Attorneys
    Press Releases
    Perkins Coie is proud to announce that 367 of its attorneys were recognized by the 2022 Best Lawyers®. A total of 278 attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and 89 attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
  • 08.20.2020
    Best Lawyers® 2021 Recognizes 358 Perkins Coie Attorneys
    Press Releases
    Perkins Coie is proud to announce that 358 of its attorneys were recognized by Best Lawyers® 2021. A total of 290 attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and 68 attorneys were selected for inclusion in the inaugural edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.

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Bar and Court Admissions

  • California
  • New York
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Education

  • Pepperdine University Rick J. Caruso School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Certificate holder for Mediating the Litigated Case, 2019
  • Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1983
  • Cornell University, B.A., cum laude, 1974