James M. Brown, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

James M. Brown

Oregon Attorney General

Date of Birth: 09-Dec-1941

Place of Birth: Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

James M.
Brown (born December 9, 1941) is a trial attorney in private practice in Salem, Oregon, who served as Oregon Attorney General from 1980 to 1981.
He is a Democrat. Born in St.
Paul, Minnesota, Brown attended American University before graduating Willamette University magna cum laude with a B.A.
in 1964, and Yale Law School with an LL.B.
in 1967, being admitted to the Oregon bar the same year. He served as a Deputy District Attorney from 1970 to 1972, and as District Attorney from 1972 to 1977, in Benton County, Oregon.
He was Counsel to the Governor of Oregon (1977–1979) and Assistant Attorney General (1979–1980), before being appointed as state Attorney General in 1980.