Reflections of a Poetic Judge

About the Book

This book contains poetry by the Author written over some forty years about aspects of life that touched his heart and mind.  It is generally descriptive, meaningful to the average man and yet at times poignant.   In this poetry, the author has captured people, events and things which evoke vivid pictures, feelings and moods.  The common man can relate to the author's expression and his style is easily read and understood.  The poems reflect life in its many forms and leave the reader able to interpret, experience and appreciate life as described in these poetic reflections by Judge Brown.  We all pass through these experiences of life, but Judge Brown has the great quality of being able to memorialize and capture aspects of life in poetic words.

About the Author

Hon. James J. Brown is a retired Federal Administrative Law Judge living in Raleigh, North Carolina.  He received his B.A. in History from the University of Texas in Austin, Texas in 1968.  He received his Juris Doctor, law degree, from Boston College Law School in 1971.  He is married to Alice May (Manningham) Brown, and they have four children and six grandchildren.  Hon. Brown is the author of the novel, Will The Laughter Stop? Baby Boomer Chronicles, c. 2007, from Author House. See http://www.babyboomerchronicles.com.

Hon. Brown is also the author of the best selling law book, Judgment Enforcement, c. 1994, 1999, 2010, now in its Third Edition, from Aspen Publishing and Wolters Kluwer with offices in Austin, Boston, Chicago, New York, and The Netherlands.  This law book is also online electronically with Loislaw, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wolters Kluwer.  Judge Brown is the Editor of Scientific Evidence and Experts Handbook c. 1999, from Aspen Publishing/ Wolters Kluwer. He is the Managing Editor of Proving and Defending Damage Claims – A Fifty State Survey, c. 2007, 2010, from Aspen Publishing/Wolters Kluwer, which is also available on an electronic library from Commerce Clearing House (CCH), also a subsidiary of Wolters Kluwer.  See: http://www.jamesjbrown.com. 

Hon. Brown had a thirty-seven year career as a trial lawyer and a Federal Administrative Law Judge, and retired from the Federal Bench on October 3, 2008.  He still is engaged in writing and consulting.  See:  www.judgebrownconsulting.com. 

. Judge Brown is also a Fourth Degree Knight of the Knights of Columbus, Raleigh, NC.