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Ryan A Brown

Ryan A Brown

Arlington Law Group
  • Business Law, Estate Planning, Tax Law ...
  • District of Columbia, Virginia
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Biography

Ryan A. Brown was born in Kansas City and raised in California. His first job in the computer industry began at the age of eleven, building and repairing personal computers for a local store in Santa Barbara, California. In 1993 he began a computer and Internet consulting firm and started the first Internet Service Provider (ISP) in Santa Barbara.

Ryan went on to attend Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, where he received a BS in Computer Science with departmental and school honors and a BA in Spanish in 2000. Ryan is a member of Tau Beta Pi, Upsilon Pi Epsilon and the ACM, and won awards for undergraduate research and teaching. Continuing at Johns Hopkins, he received a Masters of Science and Engineering in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins in May of 2002.

After completing his Computer Science studies, Ryan went on to earn a Juris Doctorate Magna Cum Laude in December of 2006 from George Mason University School of Law in Arlington, Virginia.

Ryan is active in the Arlington County Bar Association and has volunteered for several pro-bono projects in Northern Virginia including Wills for Heroes which provides free wills and estate planning documents to first responders (police, sheriff, fire & paramedics). Ryan teaches an annual Continuing Legal Education class with Professor John L. Costello at George Mason University School of Law and occasionally guest lectures at the law school.

Practice Areas
Business Law
Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
Estate Planning
Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
Tax Law
Business Taxes, Criminal Tax Litigation, Estate Tax Planning, Income Taxes, International Taxes, Payroll Taxes, Property Taxes, Sales Taxes, Tax Appeals, Tax Audits, Tax Planning
Employment Law
Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
Communications & Internet Law
Internet Law, Media & Advertising, Telecommunications Law
Probate
Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
Real Estate Law
Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
Additional Practice Areas
  • Computer Law
  • Internet Law
Fees
  • Free Consultation
    Estate Planning Free Initial Consultations Available
  • Credit Cards Accepted
    Visa, MasterCard, AmEx, Discover
  • Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
    See our web site for business and estate planning package prices.
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
District of Columbia
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Virginia
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Languages
  • English: Spoken, Written
  • Spanish: Spoken, Written
Professional Experience
Managing Attorney
Arlington Law Group
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Start up and Venture Business Law; Small Business Planning; Computer and Internet Law; Computer Crimes; Wills, Trusts & Estate Planning; Tax Planning.
President & CEO
Base 16 Consulting, Inc.
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Cofounder of Base 16 Consulting, Inc., specializing in Web Based Applications in PERL and Mason, web robots and information retrieval, computer security analysis, Linux systems administration, computer and network security.
Chief Technology Officer
Roanoke Technology Corp
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Lead the development of a number of products and services for over 8,000 clients, and directed the work of five software engineers.
Education
George Mason University
J.D. | Law
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Honors: Magna Cum Laude
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Johns Hopkins University
M.S. | Computer Science
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Johns Hopkins University
B.A. | Spanish
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Johns Hopkins University
B.S. | Computer Science
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Honors: Outstanding Senior Award Undergraduate Research Award Tau Beta Phi Engineering Honors Society
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Professional Associations
Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church
Chair, Endowment Committee
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Salvation Army, Arlington, Virginia
Advisory Board Member
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Arlington County Bar Association
Member
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MIT Enterprise Forum
Member
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The St. George's Club, Bermuda
Members' Advisory Council (MAC)
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Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church
Member, Endowment Committee
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Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church
Member, Finance Committee
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1800 Wilson Boulevard Condominium Association
Secretary, Board of Directors
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Fairfax County Bar Association
Member
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The St. George's Club
Member, Members' Advisory Council (MAC)
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1800 Wilson Boulevard Condominium Association
Treasurer, Board of Directors
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Websites & Blogs
Website
Website
Contact & Map
1739 Clarendon Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22209-2741
Telephone: (703) 842-3025 Ext. 1