Paul Neeley Brown (October 4, 1926 – November 26, 2012) was an attorney and United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. He had previously served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas.
Paul Neeley Brown
Born 1926 in Grayson County, TX
Died 2012 in Sherman, TX
FJC ID: 287
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 7/year
Texas Eastern District Court · 1985–2012
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Sherman, Texas1951–1953, 1961–1985
U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Texas1959–1961- Eastern District of TexasAssistant U.S. attorney · 1953–1959
U.S. Navy electrician's mate1944–1946, 1950–1951
Appointments
1985–2012 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1950