Christopher A. Brown

Associate

  • Christopher A. Brown
  • Phone: +1 817 704 1027

    Import to Address Book

  • Duane Morris LLP
    777 Main Street, Suite 2790
    Fort Worth, TX 76102
    USA
  • Duane Morris LLP
    100 Crescent Court, Suite 1200
    Dallas, TX 75201
    USA

Christopher A. Brown practices in the area of litigation with a focus on representing businesses, individuals and governmental entities in a wide range of commercial litigation, construction, real estate and real property matters. Mr. Brown also has experience in appellate matters.

Mr. Brown is a 2014 graduate of Texas A&M University School of Law, where he was notes and comments editor for the Journal of Real Property Law and an Inductee to the Order of the Barristers. He is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of North Texas.

Areas of Practice

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction
  • Eminent Domain/Condemnation

  • Real Estate

Admissions

  • Texas
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Education

  • Texas A&M University School of Law, J.D., 2014
  • University of North Texas, B.A., summa cum laude, 2011

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Associate, 2021-present
  • Cantey Hanger LLP
    - Associate, 2014-2021

Honors and Awards

  • Named to Best Lawyers "Ones to Watch," 2024-2025

  • Rising Star Award, Texas A&M School of Law Alumni Legacy Awards, 2021

Professional Activities

  • Secretary/Treasurer, Tarrant County Bar Association Construction Law Section
  • Northeast Leadership Forum, Tarrant County, Texas
    - Member, 2009-present

Civic and Charitable Activities

  • Hurst-Euless-Bedford School Board
    - Trustee, Place 5, 2021-Present

  • Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas
    - Member, Risk Management Committee, 2020-present
  • Police Department Training and Advisory Board, Euless, Texas
    - Member, 2020-present

  • Bedford City Council
    - City Councilmember, Place 6, 2008-2014

Selected Publications

  • Co author, "Department of Education Takes Steps Toward Student Loan Debt Forgiveness," Pratt's Journal of Bankruptcy Law, July/August 2022
  • Co-author, "Department of Education Takes Steps Toward Student Loan Debt Forgiveness," Duane Morris Alert, May 3, 2022

  • Author, “Protecting a Student’s Right to Be ‘Snappy’: The First Amendment and Student Speech Outside of School," Texas Bar Journal, 2021

  • Co-author, “Pardon My French, The Application of Force Majeure for General Contractors Dealing with COVID-19," 2020

  • Co-author, “Forum-selection clauses: Tips to Enhance the Chance for Enforcement," The Fort Worth Business Press, 2019

  • Co-author, “Liability is Blowin’ in the Wind…or Is It," Texas Bar Journal, 2017

Selected Speaking Engagements

  • Speaker, "Construction Factoring for the General Contractor," Tarrant County Bar Association, May 19, 2022