Rachel M. Brown

Education

  • Cambridge University, BA, 1992 – first class honors
  • Cambridge University, M. Phil., 1993
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D., 1999
  • Harvard Law School, JD, 2006 - magna cum laude
   

Associate
rbrown@shulaw.com
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Rachel M. Brown is an associate at Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP. She focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, including cases involving antitrust, securities fraud, consumer fraud, and other unfair business practices. She has represented multiple clients in the federal and state courts of Massachusetts and has substantial familiarity with Massachusetts practice and procedure.  She has also represented clients in jurisdictions across the country.

Rachel has represented numerous individuals on a pro bono basis.  For example, she recently assisted a client in obtaining affirmation from the Massachusetts Court of Appeals of two restraining orders that were issued for her protection. Rachel’s pro bono work has contributed to Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP's receipt of the 2011 Pro Bono Law Firm Award from the Political Asylum/Immigration Representation Project (PAIR) for its work in representing asylum seekers. PAIR is nationally recognized for its pro bono model of securing safety and freedom for individuals who have fled persecution, and promotes the rights of unjustly detained immigrants.

From 2006 – June 2010, Rachel was a litigation associate at the Boston law firm of Foley Hoag LLP, where she represented individuals and businesses in a variety of complex disputes involving, among other things, securities, investment management, SEC investigations, and employee non-competition agreements.   

Prior to law school, Rachel worked as an assistant professor of philosophy at Union College in New York State and at McGill University in Quebec. She has several publications in peer reviewed philosophy journals. During law school, Rachel was a court mediator with the Harvard Mediation Program and mediated numerous disputes in Massachusetts small claims courts.

Bar Admissions

  • Massachusetts
  • United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts